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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
no offense to Cral12 but I like these outcomes a lot better than going off the board and picking Virtanen. Going off the board seems un-Burkelike given his comments when dismissing Feaster/Weisbrod and hope we are not surprised by our pick.
Comparing Dal Colle to Getzlaf? Apart from the fact Dal Colle is a W and Getzlaf is a C, if we can have the next E. Staal (Monahan) and Getzlaf (Dal Colle) that will set us up nicely for the future at F.
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I got a chance to watch Virtanen in Kamloops last week. I will preface by saying I have zero ability in scouting.
Right of the bat you could see the whole Hitmen team was tired. They were on a west coast trip and played the night before in Van. Nonetheless, they clearly outmatched the terrible play of the Blazers. Overall it was a sloppy game. Still, you could see a lot of raw skill in Virtanen. He skates well, moves around the ice well. And was esp dangerous on the PK. He would pick his spots to get odd man rushes. Overall a nice game from him, without anything exceptional. You could def see though that unlike the tier of prospects above him he is at least a few years out from the NHL.
On a side note, newly acquired Adam Tambellini looked good. Although mostly because he was getting a lot of 1st line pp time and had a couple sick snipes in warm up.