Am I crazy, or am I sort of seeing Fata in Virtanen? Great speed, great shot, physically superior to guys his age at the moment - but below-average hockey sense. The more I see him playing, the more I wonder if he will be able to translate his game to the NHL, and if he can't, I wonder if he has enough hockey sense to be able to modify his game?
He is looking more and more like the type of player that is a great pickup after the 10th spot once you have some more dynamic forwards up front, who can continually feed his lethal shot - especially on the PP. I am thinking more and more this kid isn't one that should be drafted by the Flames without having enough elite prospects that can feed him often enough if he should not be able to translate to the NHL.
Maybe I am being overly-critical from watching him too much lately, but I am starting to feel a bit down on his over-all package at the moment, and sort of getting flashbacks of Rico Fata (a little bit anyways - which may just be me being overly-critical unfairly).
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