Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Vancouver Canucks sun zaɓi Virtanen a matsayin na 6 a cikin 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Shi ne dan wasa na farko da aka haifa a British Columbia wanda Canucks suka zaba a zagaye na farko tun lokacin da Cam Neely a 1983
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 25 ga Yuli, 2014, Virtanen ya sanar da cewa ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shiga tare da Canucks ta hanyar Twitter. Lokacin da yake wallafawa game da yarjejeniyarsa sai ya ce, "Wane irin girmamawa ne don sanya hannu tare da Vancouver Canucks! Ina so in gode wa duk wanda ya taimake ni in kai wannan matsayi musamman iyalina!!" Ya koma Hitmen don shekararsa ta ƙarshe na babban wasan hockey na matasa kafin a sake tura shi zuwa ƙungiyar Canucks 'American Hockey League (AHL), Utica Comets, bayan kawar da WHL Playoff. Virtanen nan da nan ya shiga cikin Comets '2015 Calder Cup playoffs lineup a ranar 18 ga Mayu, inda ya fara wasan farko a lokacin wasa na 6 na Yankin Yankin Yamma. Bayan rashin nasarar 2 zuwa 1 ga Oklahoma City Barons, ya ce "babban kwarewa ne da kuma lokacin farin ciki tare da babban rukuni na mutane. Mutanen da ke nan sun fi girma kuma wasan ya fi sauri. Wasan ya kasance mai ban sha'awa kuma magoya baya sun kasance masu ban mamaki a nan. Yanayin a cikin rink yana da ban mamaki. " Ya ci gaba da wasa tare da Comets a lokacin da suke turawa bayan kakar wasa, daga karshe ya yi rikodin taimakonsa na farko a kan burin Sven Bärtschi a wasa na 3 na Wasannin Karshe na Yammacin Yammacin Grand Rapids Griffins.