Six years after he was drafted, Jake Virtanen has finally broken through this season for the Vancouver Canucks, giving fans a glimpse of the player they’ve all envisioned him to be.
Luckily for him, it couldn’t have come at a better time, as Virtanen is about to become a restricted free agent with arbitration rights.
The Canucks have a handful of contracts expiring this summer, and none of their pending free agents are guaranteed to be on the team next season. However, given the fact that Virtanen is a homegrown talent and just beginning to enter his prime, it seems likely that the speedy winger will be back with Vancouver for the foreseeable future.