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The Vancouver Canucks have fired Dave Nonis after three seasons as the team's general manager.

Nonis was promoted to the post in May of 2004, replacing Brian Burke after six seasons as senior vice-president and director of Hockey Operations.

The Canucks finished the 2007-08 season with a record of 39-33-10 and missed the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.

"The decision to relieve Dave of his duties was difficult,” explained Canucks chairman Francesco Aquilini in a statement.

"We want to thank Dave for the many contributions he has made helping to build our organization during his tenure. However, I think this important change in leadership is critical to the future of the team and the direction we need to take. It's not acceptable to our fans or to us as owners that our team isn't in the playoffs."