Travis Green, coach: The 46-year-old was promoted after four seasons coaching Utica of the American Hockey League. Green played 14 NHL seasons, totaling 455 points (193 goals, 262 assists) in 970 games. … Sam Gagner, C/RW: The 27-year-old brings versatility to the Canucks lineup, and will most likely play on either the top line with the Sedins or the third line with Brandon Sutter. Either way, he should see significant power-play time after scoring 18 power-play points on the first unit for the Columbus Blue Jackets last season. Gagner is coming off an NHL career-high 50 points (18 goals, 32 assists) in 81 games. … Anders Nilsson, G: The 27-year-old had the best save percentage (.923) of his NHL career last season, going 10-10-4 in 26 games with the Buffalo Sabres. … Michael Del Zotto, D: The left-shooting defenseman had 18 points in 51 games with the Philadelphia Flyers last season. He has shown even more offensive flair in the past, scoring 41 points in 2011-12 with the New York Rangers and 32 in 2014-15 with the Flyers. … Alexander Burmistrov, C/LW: The 25-year-old signed a one-year, $900,000 contract July 1. He scored 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 26 games after being claimed off waivers by the Arizona Coyotes from the Winnipeg Jets on Jan. 2. … Patrick Wiercioch, D: The 26-year-old signed a one-year, $650,000 contract July 1. He has 74 points (16 goals, 58 assists) in 268 career NHL games with the Ottawa Senators and Colorado Avalanche. … Elias Pettersson, C: The 18-year-old excelled in Sweden's second division with 41 points (19 goals, 22 assists) in 43 games, and is expected to play for Vaxjo of the Swedish Hockey League this season.