Player Discussion Jake Virtanen

[CanaFan]

The last word? Yeah you do.. It's your thing.

Then why are you doing it too? Maybe it’s our thing together.

 

[DL44]

Then why are you doing it too? Maybe it’s our thing together.

We can do it again when Virtanen hits 20... and again in couple seasons when he hits 30.

 

[CanaFan]

We can do it again when Virtanen hits 20... and again in couple seasons when he hits 30.

Word

 

[Zippgunn]

My standards are hardly stringent. I just don’t hyper-focus on the final 60 seconds of the game and ignore all the other flaws that remain in his game 5 years after being drafted. “Ooooh, the coach trusts him!!! What a success story.”

The coach trusted Granlund as well. Funny, when he scored his EN goal everybody here jeered...

 

[DL44]

Empty net goal leaders last yr:

1. 7g - Grabner
2. 6g- Staal
T-3. 5g - Trocheck, Marleau, Zucker
T-6. 4g - Domi, Hertl, Marchessault, Echiel, Seguin, Kopitar, Malkin
T-13. 3g - Schaller........
T-37. 2g - Beagle, Motte, Eriksson, Sutter....


Virtanen has already matched last year's ENG total with one.

We have a potentially pretty potent Empty net scoring team this year.

 

[F A N]

Such wisdom for one so young.

Thanks. You keep flattering me.. My answer is still NO ok?

 

[CanaFan]

Thanks. You keep flattering me.. My answer is still NO ok?

What do you think the question is?

 

[DL44]

What do you think the question is?

Probably " do you want to know the secret to spamming the Virtanen thread and increasing your post count?"

 

[CanaFan]

Probably " do you want to know the secret to spamming the Virtanen thread and increasing your post count?"

Ah. I don’t sadly. Just enjoy the friendly banter between us all.

 

[alternate]

I'm happy with JV's game. Early season obviously, but seems to have taken another step in his development that has gained him the coach's trust. Poopoo empty net points all you want, but he was on the ice, won the shift, and put the game away.

I also like that he starting to get some swag back into his game. If he's playing in a checking role with Sutter, I love seeing him get under top liners' skin. If you remove Jake from the line up, what he brings would be missed.

 

[DFAC]

He's been good, hope he keeps it up. If he is solid at both ends and finishes the year with 15G+15A, that would be great.

 

[Canucks1096]

If Virtanen wasn't Canadian and a local boy. We will not be having this discussion.

 

[pgj98m3]

If Virtanen wasn't Canadian and a local boy. We will not be having this discussion.

Good take Don Cherry

 

[WetcoastOrca]

If Virtanen wasn't Canadian and a local boy. We will not be having this discussion.

Pretty sure we would.

 

[Canucks1096]

Pretty sure we would.

When was the last time a player on the Canucks that had 3rd line upside that fans were so obsessed about?

The answer is never. It so happens the only time was a player that was a Canadian and Local. Not a coincidence my friend.

 

[BassMason]

When was the last time a player on the Canucks that had 3rd line upside that fans were so obsessed about?

The answer is never. It so happens the only time was a player that was a Canadian and Local. Not a coincidence my friend.

You don't have to say local and Canadian, one infers the other.

 

[pgj98m3]

When was the last time a player on the Canucks that had 3rd line upside that fans were so obsessed about?

The answer is never. It so happens the only time was a player that was a Canadian and Local. Not a coincidence my friend.

Ummmmm.....wasn’t he a first round pick???
Try thinking before posting.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

He still looks like Jake Virtanen to me.

A quality bottom sixer. Nothing wrong with that. No need to spin it in to something more just because you support the guy.

 

[DL44]

He still looks like Jake Virtanen to me.

A quality bottom sixer. Nothing wrong with that. No need to spin it in to something more just because you support the guy.

Middle sixer.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Middle sixer.

Middle 7½. My final offer.

 

[DL44]

Middle 7½. My final offer.

Deal.

 

[Josepho]

I'd hardly say that the fanbase is "obsessed" with him. The reason this thread gets replied to all the time is probably because he's a high draft pick and there's this constant struggle for people to differentiate between Virtanen the draft selection and Virtanen the player.

And I really think our fanbase on here is intelligent enough to not give a f*** where he's from. It's not like the Stecher thread is endlessly getting replied to.

 

[Canucks1096]

Ummmmm.....wasn’t he a first round pick???
Try thinking before posting.

Hmmmm. What is your point?

 

[pgj98m3]

Hmmmm. What is your point?

I am sure most of us expected a first round pick to have more than third line upside. Maybe a bad case of Lowered Expectations explains your posts here.

 

[Hit the post]

I am sure most of us expected a first round pick to have more than third line upside. Maybe a bad case of Lowered Expectations explains your posts here.

It's more than just "1st round pick". It's a 6th overall pick.