VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks cleaned house of many of their top hockey operations people today, announcing that vice president and assistant general manager Laurence Gilman, assistant GM Lorne Henning and director of player personnel Eric Crawford had been fired.
Laurence Gilman, Lorne Henning and Eric Crawford, tremendous people and good at their jobs, fired by Canucks. NHL a brutal business.
— Iain MacIntyre (@imacVanSun) July 2, 2015
"On behalf of our entire organization I would like to sincerely thank Laurence, Lorne and Eric for their commitment and dedication to the Vancouver Canucks," team president Trevor Linden said in a statement.