 The team limped into the playoffs, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the first round.In the 1996 off-season, Quinn hired Tom Renney whose tenure as the team's head coach lasted less than two seasons.Despite strong performances from Mogilny and team-leading point-scorer Martin Gelinas in Bure and Linden's absence (both of whom were injured for long periods of time during the season), the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first of four consecutive seasons that year.