Jake Virtanen

The Edmonton Oilers have signed Jake Virtanen to a professional tryout agreement two months after the former Vancouver forward was found not guilty of ...

The Edmonton Oilers have signed Jake Virtanen to a professional tryout agreement two months after the former Vancouver forward was found not guilty of sexual assault. He was a right-winger for the Canucks when the allegations surfaced in May 2021. Oilers sign Jake Virtanen to tryout 2 months after not guilty verdict

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He had one assist in five KHL games. Virtanen was found His contract was bought out by the team two months later.

The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Jake Virtanen to a professional tryout, the club announced Monday, also making it official that defenceman Jason ...

In the slightest, I struggle to find any world where this is a positive for the Oilers. So the dates that you need to block off for this trip are January 12th to 15th. With Virtanen on the ice, Moskova got outscored at even-strength 16-21, controlling just 43 percent of the goals scored. Nine of those points came on the powerplay and at 5×5, the Canucks controlled less than 50% of the shot attempt share, goal share, and expected goal share. After the sexual assault allegations arose, the Canucks, who took Virtanen 6th overall in 2014, placed him on leave and subsequently bought out his contract. He is, however, a physical presence laying 11.4 hits/60 in 2020-21 and 7.27 hits/60 in 2019-20. While the Court of Law found Virtanen not guilty, that hasn’t halted any of the blowbacks from an Oilers fan base clearly up in arms. [ @zjlaing](https://www.twitter.com/zjlaing), or reached by email at [email protected]. The head-scratching, tone-deaf and flat-out unacceptable decision to bring Jake Virtanen in, however, is deserving of an article. Off-the-ice, Virtanen was charged earlier this year with one count of sexual assault, a charge that he was found not guilty of during a B.C. The latter of the moves makes some sense. After that year, Virtanen’s 2020-21 season was nothing short of embarrassing.

The Oilers have signed free-agent forward Jake Virtanen to a professional tryout agreement, the team announced Monday. Virtanen, 26, started his NHL career ...

[NHL](https://theathletic.com/nhl/) career with the [Canucks](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/canucks/), who drafted him in the first round in 2014. [Coyotes](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/coyotes/) from 2017 to 2021, notching eight goals and 35 assists over 195 games. Virtanen, who had been charged with one count of sexual assault, was found not guilty of sexual assault by a jury in British Columbia Supreme Court the same month.

Déclaré non coupable d'agression sexuelle au mois de juillet, l'attaquant avait été libéré par les Canucks.

Auparavant, il avait amassé 55 filets et 100 points en 317 parties avec les Canucks. Il a totalisé neuf buts et 16 points en 36 rencontres. Ces accusations lui ont d’ailleurs valu d’être libéré par les Canucks de Vancouver l’année dernière.

Selected sixth overall in 2014, Virtanen had a tumultuous career with the Canucks, scoring 55 goals in 317 games, and never turning into the top-line power ...

Earlier this year, the Vancouver Police Department [charged Virtanen with sexual assault](https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2022/01/jake-virtanen-charged-with-sexual-assault.html), and he underwent a trial this summer. [Jake Virtanen](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/v/virtaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), that isn’t the case. He’ll now receive another chance in the NHL, at least for the preseason. His play on the ice, however, was completely overshadowed in 2021 when he was His play in the KHL didn’t really deserve it – Virtanen had nine goals and 16 points in 36 games – but there have been tantalizing flashes of upside in the past for the former Calgary Hitmen star. [eventually bought out](https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2021/07/vancouver-canucks-to-buy-out-jake-virtanen.html) after the Canucks tried to trade him, and following a civil lawsuit filed last summer, he [signed in the KHL](https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2021/09/jake-virtanen-signs-in-khl.html).

Les Oilers d'Edmonton ont offert un essai professionnel à Jake Virtanen deux mois après que l'ancien attaquant des Canucks de Vancouver ait été déclaré non ...

Il totalise 45 buts, 169 passes et 407 minutes de pénalité en 699 matchs avec les Sharks, les Stars de Dallas, les Panthers de la Floride et les Coyotes de l’Arizona. Demers, âgé de 34 ans, a disputé cinq matchs avec les AK Bars Kazan de la KHL la saison dernière et il a récolté deux aides en cinq matchs avec le Canada aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin en 2022. Le joueur de 26 ans d’Abbotsford, en Colombie-Britannique, a disputé 36 matchs avec le Spartak Moscou de la Ligue continentale de hockey (KHL) la saison dernière, marquant neuf buts et ajoutant sept passes.

Winger Jake Virtanen and defenceman Jason Demers are headed to Edmonton, after signing pro tryout contracts with the Oilers.

He has 699 games of NHL experience with the Coyotes, Florida Panthers, Dallas Stars, and San Jose Sharks. That followed a career-best season for Virtanen in 2019-20, when he scored 36 points (18-18-36) in 69 games. [placed on leave by the Canucks on May 1, 2021](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canucks-place-virtanen-on-leave-sexual-misconduct-allegations), after accusations of sexual misconduct first became public.

L'attaquant de 26 ans Sonny Milano a reçu un contrat d'essai professionnel au camp des Flames de Calgary tandis que Jake Virtanen a reçu un essai avec les ...

2022.

Say this about the Edmonton Oilers: they do not shy away from controversy.

The cost of doing business may be greater than the value of the business itself. Fair to say it’s a risky manoeuvre on the PR front with questionable return, even as it will increase competition at camp and give the club an option down the line. Other than Meg’s comment I found surprisingly little early feedback from the many female fans that I follow, but stay tuned on that front. [Andy Edwards](https://twitter.com/AndyEdw24/status/1571908833332822017?s=20&t=QmbC5Z2Rsf-ylchL5pZDbA), @AndyEdw24 The fact that NHL teams are trying to sign Jake Virtanen shows how little teams and the league care about sexual violence. Can’t believe an NHL front office actually thought “we need this guy, it’s worth the backlash.” So the Oilers are actually going to put themselves through this PR nightmare for Jake Virtanen, who’s, at best, a fourth-liner? Is there room for such a player at the bottom of the roster? In significant respects, Virtanen is a younger and potentially much cheaper version of the departed Kassian. First the pros: Virtanen is in the heart of his career at age 26 with over 300 games of experience and a modest history as a scorer. Virtanen played the 2021-22 season with Moscow Spartak as his legal situation played out on this continent, posting mediocre numbers of 9-7-16, -5 in 36 games. At that time, DNB also [tweeted](https://twitter.com/DNBsports/status/1570469171775021056?s=20&t=bAsD4-yPUCNmrXqQ-Bk6mw) that “it appears the Oilers are out on RW Jake Virtanen”, but that report turns out to have been premature.

With the regular season on the horizon, the Edmonton Oilers signed veteran Jake Virtanen to a professional tryout agreement on Monday, two months after the ...

He has 45 goals, 169 assists and 407 penalty minutes over 699 games with San Jose, Dallas, Florida and Arizona. Demers, of Laval, Quebec, played five games in the KHL last season and had two assists in five games for Canada at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. He was with the Canucks when the allegations surfaced in May 2021 and the team placed him on leave and bought out his contract the following month.

Déclaré non coupable d'agression sexuelle au mois de juillet, l'attaquant avait été libéré par les Canucks.

En 771 matchs dans la Ligue nationale, Anisimov a amassé 180 buts et 196 aides pour 376 points. Il a été la sixième sélection au total du repêchage de la Ligue nationale en 2014. Il a inscrit huit buts et fourni 11 mentions d’aide pour 19 points en 27 rencontres. «Ç’a évidemment été un très long processus que je voulais suivre de la bonne façon, a expliqué Virtanen lors d’une conférence de presse. J’aime jouer dans la LNH, je veux que ça arrive à nouveau, et j’ai cette opportunité.» Ces accusations lui ont d’ailleurs valu d’être libéré par les Canucks de Vancouver l’année dernière.

Le joueur de 26 ans d'Abbotsford, en Colombie-Britannique, a disputé 36 matchs avec le Spartak Moscou de la Ligue continentale de hockey (KHL) la saison ...

Il totalise 45 buts, 169 passes et 407 minutes de pénalité en 699 matchs avec les Sharks, les Stars de Dallas, les Panthers de la Floride et les Coyotes de l’Arizona. Demers, âgé de 34 ans, a disputé cinq matchs avec les AK Bars Kazan de la KHL la saison dernière et il a récolté deux aides en cinq matchs avec le Canada aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin en 2022. Les Canucks ont sélectionné Virtanen au sixième rang du repêchage de 2014 et il a enregistré 55 buts et 45 passes en plus d’écoper de 219 minutes de pénalité en six saisons dans la LNH.

Déclaré non coupable d'agression sexuelle au mois de juillet, l'attaquant avait été libéré par les Canucks.

En 771 matchs dans la Ligue nationale, Anisimov a amassé 180 buts et 196 aides pour 376 points. Il a été la sixième sélection au total du repêchage de la Ligue nationale en 2014. Il a inscrit huit buts et fourni 11 mentions d’aide pour 19 points en 27 rencontres. «Ç’a évidemment été un très long processus que je voulais suivre de la bonne façon, a expliqué Virtanen lors d’une conférence de presse. J’aime jouer dans la LNH, je veux que ça arrive à nouveau, et j’ai cette opportunité.» Ces accusations lui ont d’ailleurs valu d’être libéré par les Canucks de Vancouver l’année dernière.

PENTICTON, B.C. — Jake Virtanen. Evander Kane. Zack Kassian. Andrew Cogliano. How do those four names end up in the same column lede, on the day the ...

What can I do to help?’ He is a third- or fourth-line winger who needs to reassess who he is and how he does things. I worry about a player with a history of not being in shape, and whose hockey sense is poor. “For me, you’ve got to believe in the justice system, and give him a chance. Eventually Cogliano — a smart, industrious and physically fit player his entire career — embraced the new role in Anaheim. He is a vastly superior player to Virtanen in every category. I want to be a player there — a 200-foot player, and give my best effort every day.” But hockey-wise, he needs a hard coach who stays on him all the time.” Virtanen is a 10-goal scorer who has never had a strong defensive game. So why are the Oilers willing to take on a risk that far outweighs any reward when it comes to Virtanen, who has been an average NHL player at best through the first seven pro seasons and 317 NHL games? In April, the two sides reached a settlement while Kane was starring for his team down the stretch. “You learn a lot about yourself, who you are as a person. Supreme Court in July on a count of sexual assault, stemming from a 2017 incident in Vancouver.

Le joueur de 26 ans d'Abbotsford, en Colombie-Britannique, a disputé 36 matchs avec le Spartak Moscou de la Ligue continentale de hockey (KHL) la saison ...

Il totalise 45 buts, 169 passes et 407 minutes de pénalité en 699 matchs avec les Sharks, les Stars de Dallas, les Panthers de la Floride et les Coyotes de l’Arizona. Demers, âgé de 34 ans, a disputé cinq matchs avec les AK Bars Kazan de la KHL la saison dernière et il a récolté deux aides en cinq matchs avec le Canada aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin en 2022. Les Canucks ont sélectionné Virtanen au sixième rang du repêchage de 2014 et il a enregistré 55 buts et 45 passes en plus d’écoper de 219 minutes de pénalité en six saisons dans la LNH.