Canucks announce their full coaching staff, including four former NHLers

The Vancouver Canucks unveiled their coaching staff for the upcoming season and it's loaded with NHL alumni. In fact, literally all four members of the Canucks' bench brass are former NHL players.

Joining head coach Adam Foote are Kevin Dean, Brett McLean, and Scott Young.

Besides the additions of Dean, McLean and Young, Coach Foote also announced Marko Torenius, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and Jason Krog will return to the Canucks next season to resume their current roles in player development.

“Putting this staff together was an enjoyable process and a rewarding experience,” said Foote in a statement on the Canucks' website. “I talked to a lot of great hockey people and formed many important relationships. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to help me through this exercise. The group that we have brought together is a great mix of hockey people. Kevin has an impressive resume, an intelligent hockey mind, and has helped develop a lot of good defencemen. Brett and I met years ago and have stayed in touch, and I respect his hockey IQ. I have a long history with Scott, and we share a very strong bond. He has been in the organization for a few years and knows exactly how things work and what we need to do to be successful. Not only do I look forward to working with those guys, but I am also excited to continue my coaching partnership with Marko, Jason and the Sedins, who will still to be very involved in the coaching and teaching process.”

Read below for yesterday's report on the Canucks' re-signing of veteran defenseman Derek Forbort.

The Vancouver Canucks have announced that they've re-signed defenseman Derek Forbort to a one year contract worth $2 million.

“Bringing Derek back for another season is an important move for our group,” said Canucks GM Patrik Allvin in a prepared statement. “His strong defensive play and solid work on the penalty kill really helped solidify our back end this past year. Derek has a strong voice in the room and some impressive leadership qualities, and we will look to him to help our team continue to grow and improve this coming season.”

The 33 year old Forbort appeared in just 54 games with the Canucks last season, recording two goals and 11 points while averaging just over 17 minutes of ice time per game.

The 6’4”, 216lbs defenceman has played 550 career regular season games split between Los Angeles, Calgary, Winnipeg, Boston, and Vancouver recording 106 points (19-87-106), 344 penalty minutes, and a +23 plus/minus rating. In 35 career playoff matchups, Forbort has recorded five points (3-2-5) and 33 penalty minutes.