The Vancouver Canucks’ front office will have a new look to begin the 2015-16 season after the club announced several executives have been relieved of their duties Thursday.
Vice president, hockey operations and assistant general manager, Laurence Gilman, assistant general manager, Lorne Henning and director, player personnel, Eric Crawford will no longer be with the Canucks, president of hockey operations Trevor Linden announced via an official team release.
The Canucks are coming off a first-round playoff loss to the surprising Calgary Flames in six games.
More via the Canucks media release:
“On behalf of our entire organization I would like to sincerely thank Laurence, Lorne and Eric for their commitment and dedication to the Vancouver Canucks,” said Trevor Linden. “They have been important members of our staff for a long time and made significant contributions to the success of this team. Further still, they are great people and respected members of the hockey community.”
“We have made some difficult decisions to our roster and staff recently after a thorough review of the team,” continued Linden. “These are not easy decisions, nor were they taken lightly. But they’re important as we transition this team and build for the future.”
