Prospect Info: Winnipeg Jets select Santeri Virtanen:#105 Overall

[Jets4Life]

More info on Santeri:

http://lastwordonsports.com/2017/06/06/santeri-virtanen-scouting-report-2017-nhl-draft-71/

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[LastWordArmy]

Scouting Report

http://lastwordonhockeyprospects.com/2017/06/06/santeri-virtanen-scouting-report/

 

[Puckatron 3000]

I'm happy that, after grabbing a winger with the first pick, we're now grabbing a bunch of D and (potential) C. I also like picking what might be a "diamond in the rough" with this later round draft pick, given that he missed so much time this past year due to a shoulder injury, but looked pretty good before that.

Moar Finn!

 

[Board Bard]

Scouting Report

http://lastwordonhockeyprospects.com/2017/06/06/santeri-virtanen-scouting-report/

Lots to work on, and they compare him to Jori Lehtera. In one of the other threads, in a discussion about the trade that sent Lehtera to the Pens, Lehtera was described as, IIRC, garbage. For what it's worth.

 

[Aavco Cup]

 

[Boreal]

If he is buddies with Patrik then I like the pick even more. I have never heard of this young man ever before. I'm already confident that between us and Vancouver, we have the better Virtanen, though.

 

[nobody important]

I'm hoping one day the Canucks will come to town and we can get a "Santeri's better" chant going.

 

[JetsFan815]

Is he playing in juniors next season or Liiga?

 

[Conflicted Habs fan]

Never heard of him but I like the fact he's Finnish

edit: He's Slovakian. Oh well at least he sounds Finnish

edit: Oh wait he IS Finnish. That's a relief

 

[Rheged]

Our Virtanen's better!

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Relatively unproven power forward with skating issues. Not thrilled with this one.

 

[nobody important]

Relatively unproven power forward with skating issues. Not thrilled with this one.

So much negativity, Mort. I'm trying to be more optimistic today.

 

[JetsFan815]

Relatively unproven power forward with skating issues. Not thrilled with this one.

Why do you have to be so negative Mort?

 

[ffh]

Relatively unproven power forward with skating issues. Not thrilled with this one.

What. a unproven player needing to work on his skills taken in the 4th round. What were you expecting.

 

[Sixty Minute Man]

So much negativity, Mort. I'm trying to be more optimistic today.

Noticed! I'm not sure what to think!

 

[Guardian17]

Welcome to Winnipeg.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

i think he's the next patrick kane

 

[truck]

He scores well enough, but is also noted for his two way game. I don't expect much, but I'm excited to see what he can become. I suspect we'll be watching him in the WJHCs at minimum.

 

[blues10]

I really like this pick at this point in the draft. Nothing to lose here. I am optimistic that he actually plays in the NHL one day.

 

[YWG]

Relatively unproven power forward with skating issues. Not thrilled with this one.

His skating looked fine to me in the highlights I watched.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

So much negativity, Mort. I'm trying to be more optimistic today.

Yeah but you are still more pessimistic than me and you know it.

I tried to be as optimistic as possible. I think Vesalainen is the wrong player. Not a bad player, just wrong for the Jets. Actually he may have been the BPA and he may turn out very well. His position is well filled on the Jets for the foreseeable future. But I still had high hopes for the next couple of rounds.

I'm not particularly happy with the next 3 picks either though and after that it is just throwing darts. I don't hate the players taken but I think there were better ones available.

Looking at who was left on the board at each of our picks I would have taken:
24 - Conor Timmins RD
43 - Josh Brook LD
74 - Evan Barratt C LS
105 - Noel Hoefenmayer LD
136 - Leon Gawanke RD
167 - Arvid Holm G
198 - Skyler McKenzie LW/C overage
211 - Croix Evingson LD overage

I might even have taken Hoefenmayer earlier. I think he could be a dark horse, under the radar steal. JMO

Makes it hard to like the draft though. I'll feel better halfway through next season when Chevy's picks are all killing it in their various leagues and mine are all spinning their wheels but for now I am disappointed. Nothing but a bunch of misfits and long shots.

Come on Chevy, cheer me up! Get a goalie.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

What. a unproven player needing to work on his skills taken in the 4th round. What were you expecting.

He is unproven relative to his peers and skates poorly relative to his peers.

Noel Hoefenmayer was still available when he was taken.

 

[truck]

He is unproven relative to his peers and skates poorly relative to his peers.

Noel Hoefenmayer was still available when he was taken.

Is he "unproven" due to his play or due to his injury. I suspect it had more to do with the injury.

 

[nobody important]

Yeah but you are still more pessimistic than me and you know it.

I tried to be as optimistic as possible. I think Vesalainen is the wrong player. Not a bad player, just wrong for the Jets. Actually he may have been the BPA and he may turn out very well. His position is well filled on the Jets for the foreseeable future. But I still had high hopes for the next couple of rounds.

I'm not particularly happy with the next 3 picks either though and after that it is just throwing darts. I don't hate the players taken but I think there were better ones available.

Looking at who was left on the board at each of our picks I would have taken:
24 - Conor Timmins RD
43 - Josh Brook LD
74 - Evan Barratt C LS
105 - Noel Hoefenmayer LD
136 - Leon Gawanke RD
167 - Arvid Holm G
198 - Skyler McKenzie LW/C overage
211 - Croix Evingson LD overage

I might even have taken Hoefenmayer earlier. I think he could be a dark horse, under the radar steal. JMO

Makes it hard to like the draft though. I'll feel better halfway through next season when Chevy's picks are all killing it in their various leagues and mine are all spinning their wheels but for now I am disappointed. Nothing but a bunch of misfits and long shots.

Come on Chevy, cheer me up! Get a goalie.

See what happens when I try to be optimistic? Someone comes along and shoots down my reasons for being so. Now I'm all negative again and it's all Mort's fault.

 

[Whileee]

McKeen's has a nice write-up about Virtanen here... https://www.mckeenshockey.com/nhl-blog/jets-add-finnish-join-laine-vesalainen-virtanen-impresses-ends-rink/