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Two potential targets on defence in a Jake Virtanen trade

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With less than two weeks remaining until the NHL trade deadline, one player who has been popping up in trade rumors as of late is Jake Virtanen.

Drafted 6th overall in the 2014 NHL draft, the gritty winger from Abbotsford has failed to meet the expectations the team and the fanbase hoped for. In 310 career games, Virtanen has tallied 54 goals and 99 points. Consistency has long been an issue for the 24-year-old and he still continues to have great difficulty rippling the mesh, doing so just four times in 31 games this year.