The Vancouver Canucks fired head coach Adam Foote on Tuesday after just one season behind the bench. TSN’s Darren Dreger was the first to report on Foote’s dismissal.Assistant coaches Kevin Dean, Brett McLean and Scott Young were also let go.“We would like to thank Adam, Scott, Kevin, and Brett for all the work they did for us this season,” Canucks GM Ryan Johnson said in the team’s release. “It was a challenging year on several fronts and truthfully, Adam and his staff were dealt a very difficult hand. That said, as we head into a rebuild, our group feels new coaching voices are needed to chart the path forward. Establishing the proper environment and culture is a vital first step in creating a solid and authentic connection throughout the entire organization. At the start of next season, our coaches will need to do a lot of work with our players, to instill in them the traits and habits they will rely on moving forward. The process to bring in a new staff begins immediately.”Foote, 54, was hired by the Canucks after two and a half seasons as an assistant coach on former coach Rick Tocchet’s staff. Foote’s responsibilities under Tocchet included running the defense and the penalty kill, and he excelled in that capacity. During Foote’s tenure as an assistant, several long-tenured Vancouver defenders, like Tyler Myers, had their best Canucks seasons, while Quinn Hughes leveled up and won the Norris Trophy.