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Originally Posted by shadowlord
I think the contract is too high. Wasn't Virtanen a regular health scratch this season? I'm not sure if he was scratched during the playoffs.
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The contract is not too high. Despite his challenges of coming to camp in shape, using his size to his advantage and fully committing to Green's system, he still put up a very reasonable amount of points for his ice time (mostly on the 3rd line). Of all forwards who played 14 mins/g or less last season, Virtanen (13:05) scored the most points in the NHL. Yet his AAV is ranks around 30th among those forwards, and he will still be an RFA in 2 years. I'd say that is pretty good value overall.