Overview
- The Canucks fired head coach Adam Foote and assistant coaches Scott Young, Kevin Dean and Brett McLean on Tuesday, May 19, and opened an immediate search for a new staff led by new GM Ryan Johnson.
- Johnson said the change responds to a season of poor results and structural problems, and that fresh coaching voices are needed to establish environment, habits and development pathways for younger players.
- Vancouver finished 2025–26 as the NHL’s worst team with a 25-49-8 record, a minus-100 goal differential and bottom‑ranked marks in goals against, goals for and penalty kill, which executives cited when justifying the reset.
- Manny Malhotra, who coached AHL Abbotsford to the Calder Cup in 2024–25 and has worked in Vancouver’s development system, is a prominent internal candidate though the club has not ruled out external hires.
- The move follows a wider front‑office overhaul that elevated Johnson to GM and named Henrik and Daniel Sedin co‑presidents, and it sets the coaching agenda ahead of the June draft as the franchise begins a multi‑year rebuild.