Fansided · Dec 22, 2019
Canucks: For Jake Virtanen, it’s better late than never
Jake Virtanen was drafted almost six years ago by the Vancouver Canucks, but the local kid is finally showing signs of breaking out.
The Vancouver Canucks drafted B.C. boy Jake Virtanen with the sixth overall selection in 2014, but there little did we know that there would be plenty of frustration about his slow progress .
Virtanen wasn’t able to earn the trust of former head coach Willie Desjardins, as the 6-foot-1 winger appeared in just 65 total games over the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons. He only had 14 points to show for it.