{"id":33499,"date":"2018-07-25T23:55:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T03:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=33499"},"modified":"2018-07-25T23:57:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T03:57:05","slug":"trevor-linden-steps-down-as-president-of-vancouver-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/07\/25\/trevor-linden-steps-down-as-president-of-vancouver-canucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Linden Steps Down As President Of Vancouver Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> and President <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindetr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Linden<\/a><\/strong> have amicably agreed to part ways. &#8220;Linden is pursuing different endeavors&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/theprovince.com\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/vancouver-canucks\/canucks-and-trevor-linden-part-ways\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to<\/a> Patrick Johnston of The Providence. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/benniji01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Benning<\/a> will take over as President of Hockey Operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canucks<\/a> and Trevor Linden amicably agree to part ways. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B3cgDIO1mT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/B3cgDIO1mT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canucks\/status\/1022266963916025856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Trevor Linden Out As Team President<\/h1>\n<p>Linden has spent the last four years as President of the Canucks after playing 16 seasons with the team. In those four years, the Canucks have gone 140-150-38. His first job was hiring <strong>Jim Benning<\/strong> to replace <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gillimi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Gillis<\/a><\/strong> as General Manager after the 2013-14 season.\u00a0 They have missed the playoffs in the last three seasons. In Linden first year as President, the Canucks lost to the Calgary Flames in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>During his 19 year NHL playing career Linden played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/islanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Islanders<\/a>, Vancouver Canucks,<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Montreal Canadiens<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/capitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Capitals<\/a>. Linden played in 1,382 career games during his career (1,140 with Van). He scored 375 career goals along with 492 assists for 867 career points. He was originally drafted second overall by the Canucks in the 1998 NHL Draft. Linden won the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/clancki01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King Clancy<\/a> trophy during the 1996-97 season.<\/p>\n<h1>What This Means for the Canucks Moving Forward<\/h1>\n<p>Jim Benning has spent the last four years as GM of the team after Linden brought him in to replace Mike Gilles. The Canucks will be looking to rebuild after losing both of the Sedin Brothers to retirement. Both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sedinda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Sedin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sedinhe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henrik Sedin<\/a> were a key part of the team over the past several seasons. The Canucks will now look on youngsters like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/horvabo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Horvat<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boesebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Boeser<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/virtaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Virtanen<\/a><\/strong> to step up on the young Canucks team. They will look for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marksja02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jacob Markstrom<\/strong><\/a> to have a strong year for them between the pipes.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver is set to host the 2019 NHL Draft next year.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"P4DnnaESTpJfs81bUbjVLw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/483554835\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'P4DnnaESTpJfs81bUbjVLw',sig:'eRD1jCkr9grcX2lY5Y5MEtcLR_nflneNEH7SyknUuqE=',w:'594px',h:'400px',items:'483554835',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks and President Trevor Linden have amicably agreed to part ways. &#8220;Linden is pursuing different endeavors&#8221; according to Patrick Johnston of The Providence. Jim Benning will take over as President of Hockey Operations. #Canucks and Trevor Linden amicably agree to part ways. https:\/\/t.co\/B3cgDIO1mT &mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) July 25, 2018 Trevor Linden Out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":33508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,34],"tags":[868,955,867,158],"class_list":["post-33499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canucks","category-news","tag-jim-benning","tag-nhl-news","tag-trevor-linden","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"modified_by":"Ariel Melendez","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}