I think Boston is interested more in someone like Adam Gaudette than Virtanen especially if they are looking for more scoring.
hometown boy, beanpot legend, Right shot Centre/Wing with goal scoring ability.
Gaudette is pure Boston too, he has a huge sleeve Tatty of Boston landmarks on his arm.
This guy is more Boston than the next Ben Afleck movie.
Gaudfather loves playing in that building !!
I like Gaudette a lot actually. However, I'm not sure there's room for him unless it's to play on the wing, which honestly I prefer him to be as a player. In Boston, Coyle and Kuraly are the mainstays for the two bottom six center positions. I guess Kuraly could switch to LW and Guadette center, but Kuraly is more effective at center and he's a much better faceoff guy than Gaudette.
The big catch in my eyes is Boeser but I can't see any way for Boston to make that work without giving up things they most likely don't want to give up. IF the plan is to trade Carlo and still compete with the core they have, they would to sign Pietrangelo first, which I'm not confident in seeing them make a 8-9 million dollar splash signing after the state of the monetary world this year. If they don't sign him, then they just created a giant sized crater hole on the right side of that 2nd pairing. There's a reason why good right shot RD's have a lot of value in the league.
Anders Bjork is on a pretty cheap, show me what you got contract for the next three seasons. 24 years old, skates hard, has puck hound mentality, good shot, lots of untapped potential. His contract and ability would be attractive to Vancouver and while a Bjork for Gaudette trade is fairly even, it doesn't help Vancouver's cap problems.
I like the sound of a Virtanen/Gaudette for Bjork/Grz swap on value alone, but I don't think Vancouver is looking for left side D.
I think there's some basis for the two clubs to help each other out, but I think there's a lot of sliding scales here.