Ed Willes: Canucks’ Virtanen turns the corner … with just ‘a little help’

When Jake Virtanen lines up on his off-wing for defensive-zone faceoffs, he has a very specific assignment he’s been instructed to carry out by coach Travis Green.
Virtanen is supposed to skate forward, presumably to cover the opposition’s point man. But Jake being Jake, his concentration sometimes lapses and he moves backwards into the pack, inciting a familiar response from his head coach.
“He’s like, ‘I’ve told you 30 times. I’ve told you for two year