Virtanen signs two-year, $5.1 million contract with Canucks
Jake Virtanen signed a two-year, $5.1 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. It has a median annual price of $2.55 million.
The 24-year historical forward used to be a restricted free agent and refrained from a salary arbitration listening to scheduled for Oct. 28. He scored 36 ingredients (18 desires, 18 assists) in 69 video games with the Canucks final season and three ingredients (two desires, one wait on) in 16 Stanley Cup Playoff video games.
“Obviously there may maybe be a intellectual future with the Canucks group, so many young, talented gamers coming in and the moves that we now gain made, I judge it will likely be precise a brighter future for our crew bright forward,” Virtanen stated. “I’m aroused to understand how it all pans out and how our crew’s going to raise out and mammoth aroused to uncover issues going.
“[Contract negotiations] felt fancy a truly very prolonged time but obviously mammoth aroused to uncover this carried out and be assist with the Canucks for two more years. Wonderful cosy to uncover it carried out and uncover it over with and precise focal level on coaching and skating and everything, being prepared to creep.”
With forward Tyler Toffoli signing a four-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 12, it unfolded a build on indubitably one of the most high two traces, and Virtanen is hoping he’ll uncover a chance to play there.
“Obviously I would devour to play high six and gain a bigger opportunity, more responsibilities,” Virtanen stated. “That is what I undoubtedly hope I uncover. I’m capable of gain to be in a position to gift that to the crew and my teammates that I’m capable of play up there and be consistent every evening, guaranteeing that I’m capable of play evening in and evening out. It’s a gap for me to strive to leap up there. I’ve bought to make sure that I’m coming to camp prepared to creep.”
Chosen by Vancouver in the first spherical (No. 6) of the 2014 NHL Draft, Virtanen has scored 95 ingredients (50 desires, 45 assists) in 279 unusual-season video games and three ingredients in 16 playoff video games.
“Jake has persevered to form growth on his two-draw game and stays a contributor offensively, using his stride and dimension to generate probabilities,” Canucks long-established supervisor Jim Benning stated. “We now stay awake for him taking extra steps in his growth this year to wait on our crew put success.”
NHL.com team author Tim Campbell contributed to this document