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Above the 49: Major offseason changes loom for Canucks

With the Vancouver Canucks the victims of an early playoff exit for the second consecutive year, it's become clear the franchise needs a summer of change.The impending shake-up will almost certainly begin behind the bench, where head coach Alain Vigneault, despite being the team's most successful coach in history - compiling a 313-170-57 regular-season record and a 33-35 playoff record - will likely take the brunt of the blame for his team's inability to deliver come playoff time.But while axing Vigneault is certainly the easiest and most predictable move, it can't be the only one for general manager Mike Gillis as he tries to figure out how his team - one that came into the season with expectations to make a run at the Stanley Cup - has been bounced from the opening round of the postseason for the second year in a row.Vigneault certainly deserves his fair share of the blame for taking a team that was the best in the league in both offense and defense during the 2010-11 season - the se...

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    David Booth broke a tie with 4:12 left and the Florida Panthers held on to beat Nashville 3-2 on Thursday night, snapping the Predators' winning streak at six games....

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