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The Vancouver Canucks have a hole in their top-six, and Jake Virtanen can fill it. As such, there’s no reason to trade the 24-year-old.
Despite coming off his best season yet, Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen was occasionally mentioned in the trade rumour mill.
In fact, Virtanen placed ninth on TSN’s Trade Bait list back on Oct. 1.
It’s well-known by now that head coach Travis Green and management haven’t been content with Virtanen’s progress. It’s already been more than six years since general manager Jim Benning took him with the sixth overall selection in 2014.