Overview
- Multiple outlets on Saturday reported that Rick Dhaliwal says Adam Foote has signed to be an assistant coach with the Utah Mammoth but the team has not yet issued an official announcement.
- Those reports say Utah will assume roughly $1.5 million of Foote’s existing Canucks contract so Vancouver would only pay the remaining difference.
- Foote first joined Vancouver as an assistant in 2022–23 where he oversaw the defence and penalty kill and drew praise for measurable improvement in those areas.
- The Canucks promoted Foote to head coach for 2025–26 and he was fired after one season following a poor team performance that year.
- The hire would address a reported staff vacancy after Blaine Forsythe’s exit and target Utah’s special-teams weakness, though confirmation from the Mammoth and full contract details remain to be released.