Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohua a Virtanen i te 6 o nga waahanga katoa i te 2014 NHL Entry Draft na te Vancouver Canucks. Ko ia te kaitākaro tuatahi o British Columbia i tīpakohia i te rauna tuatahi e ngā Canucks mai i a Cam Neely i te tau 1960
Ko te tau 1983. I te Hōngongoi 25, 2014, i kii a Virtanen kua hainatia e ia he kirimana taumata whakauru me nga Canucks na Twitter. I a ia e tuku ana i tana kirimana, i kii ia, "he honore te hainatanga ki nga Vancouver Canucks! E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki te hunga katoa kua awhina i ahau ki te tae atu ki tenei waahanga, ina koa ko taku whanau!! " I hoki mai ia ki nga Hitmen mo tana tau whakamutunga o te hockey rangatahi nui i mua i tana tohatoha ki te hononga o te Canucks American Hockey League (AHL), te Utica Comets, whai muri i to raatau whakakore i te WHL Playoff. I uru tonu a Virtanen ki te rarangi o te 2015 Calder Cup playoffs a te Comets i te Mei 18, i reira ia i tiimata ai tana mahi ngaio i te Keemu 6 o te Western Conference Semifinals. Whai muri i te hinganga 2 ki te 1 ki nga Oklahoma City Barons, i kii ia "he wheako nui me te wa whakaongaonga me te roopu taangata pai. He nui ake te hunga i konei, ā, he tere ake te kēmu. He mea whakaongaonga te kēmu, ā, he mīharo ngā kaiwhaiwhai i konei. He tino whakamiharo te āhua o te papa rēhi". I haere tonu ia ki te takaro me nga Comets i a raatau whakatairanga i te waa, i te mutunga ka tuhi i tana awhina ngaio tuatahi ki te whaainga a Sven Bärtschi i te Keemu 3 o te Whakamutunga o te Huihuinga Hauauru ki te Grand Rapids Griffins.