Rick Tocchet is leaving the Vancouver Canucks after two-plus seasons, and his name will feature prominently among the NHL's coaching openings. The Canucks didn't pick up the team option on Tocchet's contract but instead offered him a new one.

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

Rick Tocchet is officially out as the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, and the search for a new head coach is already underway. After meetings last weekend with Canucks management, Tocchet informed president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford on Tuesday that he would not be returning.