Report: Changes coming to Canucks today?

The Vancouver Canucks have gotten off to the franchise's worst regular season start since 1997 and head coach Travis Green and GM Jim Benning may finally be forced to pay the price.

Green, who has been the team's coach for the past five seasons, and Benning who has been the team's GM for eight seasons, are both under the microscope and Canucks insider Matt Sekeres reports that "high-level" meetings are being held with the team's executive staff today and tomorrow. It's presumed that owner Francesco Aquilini will be involved in the meetings and, we can also presume, that he'll ultimately be the person who decides Green's and Benning's fate with the team.

To be perfectly frank... change is needed.

Benning has been the team's GM for eight seasons now and he has built a playoff team in just two of those eight seasons. He's been GM longer than his predecessor Mike Gillis who made the playoffs in five of six seasons and delivered two President's Trophy seasons and a Stanley Cup Final to the city of Vancouver. Benning's greatest accomplishments in Vancouver have been drafting stars Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes, both of whom have been underwhelming to start the season. Benning has signed so many terrible free agent contracts that it's honestly tough to keep track of them all. Loui Eriksson, Antoine Roussel, Jay Beagle, Sam Gagner... the list goes on and on. Add to it that Benning absolutely whiffed on 5th overall pick Olli Juolevi and 6th overall pick Jake Virtanen and you have to wonder what ownership sees in him? It's not exactly a secret that Aquilini likes to involve himself heavily in the team's decisions and the speculation amongst the team's fanbase is that Benning is simply Aquilini's "yes man."

As for Green, well... just watch the team and you'll see that it's clear the team has given up on him. On their recent three game road trip, the Canucks were lambasted by the Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights and Anaheim Ducks. During those games the Canucks put up absolutely zero fight and, to me, that's a failing of their head coach. It's one thing to be flat for a game or two, but when you've got the entire fanbase calling for your coach's head it's time to at least put up an effort. The Canucks couldn't muster that and I think that tells you everything you need to know about Green's future with the team.

Thoughts, Canucks fans?