 Afterwards, Gillis fired Head Coach Alain Vigneault, Associate Coach Rick Bowness and Assistant Coach Newell Brown.Gillis also continued to try to trade Luongo, who still had nine years left on his 12-year contract, which represented a $5.33 million annual salary cap hit.John Tortorella was hired to replace Vigneault as head coach, a decision that Gillis later suggested had been at the insistence of Canucks Owner Francesco Aquilini.