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Canucks: Can Jake Virtanen become a 30-goal scorer?

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Jake Virtanen scored a career-high 18 goals in 69 games last season. Can he eventually grow into a 30-goal scorer?

It’s been six years since the Vancouver Canucks drafted Jake Virtanen with the No. 6 overall selection in 2014. And they’re still waiting for him to break out.

The 6-foot-1, 226-pound winger is still developing his game at the professional level, but he’s made nice progress over the last two years.

In 2018-19, Virtanen tallied 15 goals and 25 points (both career bests) in 70 games.