Vancouver Canucks President Jim Rutherford spoke to the media on Tuesday afternoon following the announcement that Rick Tocchet will not be returning as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Rutherford began the media availability with an opening statement on Tocchet’s decision not to return to the team.

While the Canucks will have to find a head coach to replace Tocchet, this remains an all-in summer for Vancouver.

Rick Tocchet will not return for a fourth season as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman. The news comes eight days after Canucks president hockey of operations Jim Rutherford told reporters the franchise had declined a one-year option on Tocchet's contract in favor of offering him a longer extension.