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Canucks Fire Coach, Install New GM, Eye Malhotra

5/20/2026

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Canucks Fire Coach

Vancouver Canucks fired coach Adam Foote and Kevin Dean, Scott Young and Brett McLean on May 19, 2026.
Team finished last with a 25-49-8 and allowed 3.83 goals per game.
Ryan Johnson became GM on May 14, 2026 after Patrik Allvin was dismissed and Jim Rutherford resigned, naming Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin co-presidents.
Manny Malhotra, who led the Abbotsford Canucks to a 2025-26 Calder Cup title, emerged as choice to replace Adam Foote.

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Canucks Hire Coaches

The Vancouver Canucks finished the 2025-26 season with 58 points, their lowest total since the 1998-99 campaign.
On June 5 2025, the Canucks hired Scott Young, former Director of Player Personnel, and Kevin Dean, who spent three seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, as assistant coaches.
The same day, Brett McLean joined as an assistant coach after coaching the Iowa Wild (AHL) from 2023-2025 and serving three seasons as a Minnesota Wild assistant.

History

Historical Context

After the Canucks missed the playoffs for a third straight year in 1998-99, GM Pat Quinn dismissed coach Mike Keenan, echoing the franchise’s pattern of frequent leadership changes seen later with Jim Benning’s 2014 hiring and Brian Burke’s 1999 overhaul, a trend that continued through the 2000s, underscoring a decades-long cycle of rebuilds.

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Canucks Fire Coach

Vancouver Canucks fired coach Adam Foote and Kevin Dean, Scott Young and Brett McLean on May 19, 2026.
Team finished last with a 25-49-8 and allowed 3.83 goals per game.
Ryan Johnson became GM on May 14, 2026 after Patrik Allvin was dismissed and Jim Rutherford resigned, naming Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin co-presidents.
Manny Malhotra, who led the Abbotsford Canucks to a 2025-26 Calder Cup title, emerged as choice to replace Adam Foote.

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