Following a third non-playoff season in four years, the Vancouver Canucks have been a franchise in limbo as they try to reconstruct a different identity in a new era.
Everyone knows what has happened to this team. Throughout the last four years, we saw Alain Vigneault, John Tortorella and Willie Desjardins all coach the Canucks before receiving pink slips. Former general manager Mike Gillis was fired in 2014 and was replaced by current GM Jim Benning.
Furthermore, a handful of key pieces from the 2011 Stanley Cup Final run have left. That includes Roberto Luongo, Cory Schneider, Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa, Dan Hamhuis, Alexandre Burrows and Jannik Hansen.