Rumor: Travis Green is done in Vancouver.

Many were surprised when Thursday did not bring with it news of a significant shake up in the Vancouver Canucks organization, but that news may not be very far off.

On Friday National Hockey League insider Elliotte Friedman commented on the ongoing debacle in Vancouver, the Canucks have won just 6 of their 20 games played so far this season, and specifically on the future of Canucks head coach Travis Green. There have been calls for Green to lose his job, and according to Friedman it sounds like the Canucks very nearly listened to their fans on Thursday.

"I do think the Canucks were thinking about it on Thursday, but again, at the end, they sat back and they said 'Hold on, I know our fans are screaming for blood but we still have to do this properly,'" said Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast.

Only Friedman and the Canucks know what doing it properly would entail, but it certainly doesn't sound like that includes giving Green a great deal more time. Friedman would go on to add that he believes it is only a matter of time now before Green is ousted from behind the Canucks bench.

"Maybe it's as simple as an extra 24 hours, I don't know. Maybe they're deciding all the changes they are gonna make, but the bottom line to me is they are in the process and it's just a matter of when," said Friedman.

That would mean searching for a new coach in the middle of a season, a particularly ugly one for a coach to inherit no less. According to Friedman however it sounds very much like the Canucks have already started asking for permission to speak to a number of coaches, and he even went on to name a coach he believes is legitimately on Vancouver's radar.

"One of the reasons I think some names are starting to get out there, some rumors are starting to get out there, is because they are asking about people," said Friedman. "Honestly the most difficult thing on Thursday was trying to separate fact from fiction, what's real and what isn't? And I think the one that is potentially real is Claude Julien."

"I do think he is one of the people that they have at least thought about.... and they would get permission from Montreal if they haven't already."

At this point the Canucks would likely be putting Green out of his misery. There are many around the NHL that believe he would quickly find another job if that does indeed come to pass, as the insider has predicted it will.