Last season, Adam Foote guided the Canucks penalty kill to third overall at 82.6 per cent. This season, it's 27th at 69.7 per cent. Injuries haven't helped.

Adam Foote has been there and done that. He’s not one to panic. Article content

As a big and imposing NHL blueliner, he earned two Stanley Cup rings. As a Vancouver Canucks assistant coach last season, he guided the penalty kill to a third-overall ranking at 82.6 per cent proficiency. Article content Article content

That is light years away from a pitiful 63.8 per cent club rating in November four years ago and before Foote arrived here.

Aside from everything that went dreadfully wrong in 2024-25 during an injury-filled, drama-packed, coaching-exit sour season that left everyone with a bad taste, willingness to do the tough s

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