It's been wondered since the Vancouver Canucks were swept out of this year's playoffs by the San Jose Sharks, but today, it was made official, as the Canucks relieved Alain Vigneault of his coaching duties. Also let go were assistant coaches Rick Bowness and Newell Brown. Vigneault had been the coach of the Canucks since replacing Marc Crawford in June 2006. A 313-170-57 record in his time as Canucks coach was highlighted by a run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2011 and the Presidents' Trophy in 2011 and 2012. However, the Canucks looked nothing like the world-beaters of 2011 in the last two seasons, and the ever-present goalie controversy reared its ugly head, with the team unable to commit to either Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo for various reasons. Mike Gillis will remain as General Manager...for now, but the lack of top-end talent in the pipeline is something that will need to be fixed, as most of the players, notably both Sedins and Ryan Kesler, haven't played to the level that brought the Canucks to within a win of the Stanley Cup in 2011.
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