The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Jake Virtanen to a two-year contract extension.

News of the new deal that will see Virtanen and the club avoid heading to arbitration was broken by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
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VAN announces 2x$2.55M extension for Jake Virtanen
&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href="https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1319327429421314049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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His new deal will pay him an AAV of $2.55-million.
Virtanen, 24, scored 18 goals and as many assists in 69 games with the Canucks last season. According to hockeyviz.com, he provided offence at seven percent above league average and defence at a three percent rate below league average.
Playing as a third liner, he posted a 49.29 CF%, a 47.91 xG% and a goals for rate of 47.69 percent.
The club issued <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/2020/10/06/vancouver-canucks-issue-qualifying-offer-to-jake-virtanen/">Virtanen a qualifying offer on Oct. 6</a> and his new deal is a doubling of his previous $1.25-million salary.
According to PuckPedia, the deal means the Canucks are $1.19-million over the $81.5-million salary cap. That number does assume the burial of Sven Baertschi’s contract, but doesn’t include the possibility of Michael Ferland hitting the LTIR.
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a> sign 24 y/o RFA RW Jake Virtanen to 2 year $2.55M Cap Hit Deal. Will be 1 year from UFA on Expiry.
-18G 36P in 69GP -48.4% 5v5 GF, 49% DFF, 49.6% Corsi -Scored 1.91 5v5 Points/60 -Rep&#39;d by Kevin Epp <a href="https://twitter.com/TitanSports365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TitanSports365</a> <a href="https://t.co/OveGJ5cjoi">https://t.co/OveGJ5cjoi</a>
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The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Jake Virtanen to a two-year contract extension.



News of the new deal that will see Virtanen and the club avoid heading to arbitration was broken by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.

https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1319327429421314049

His new deal will pay him an AAV of $2.55-million.

Virtanen, 24, scored 18 goals and as many assists in 69 games with the Canucks last season. According to hockeyviz.com, he provided offence at seven percent above league average and defence at a three percent rate below league average.

Playing as a third liner, he posted a 49.29 CF%, a 47.91 xG% and a goals for rate of 47.69 percent.

The club issued <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/2020/10/06/vancouver-canucks-issue-qualifying-offer-to-jake-virtanen/">Virtanen a qualifying offer on Oct. 6</a> and his new deal is a doubling of his previous $1.25-million salary.

According to PuckPedia, the deal means the Canucks are $1.19-million over the $81.5-million salary cap. That number does assume the burial of Sven Baertschi’s contract, but doesn’t include the possibility of Michael Ferland hitting the LTIR.

On Twitter: @zjlaing

https://twitter.com/puckpedia/status/1319328562655064064?s=21

Vancouver Canucks sign Jake Virtanen to two-year contract extension

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