Breaking: Canucks make bold move with Sedins and new GM Ryan Johnson
The Vancouver Canucks are reshaping their front office, and Bob Elliotte reported Tuesday night that Ryan Johnson is in line to run hockey ops with the Sedin twins above him.
It's the kind of structural shakeup you expect after a 25-49-8 season. The Canucks finished 32nd overall with 58 points, and that number leaves no room for half measures upstairs.
Elliotte, on Oilers Now, walked back his earlier framing. He now believes the Sedins could sit above Johnson on the food chain. Rick Dhaliwal lined up the same picture: Johnson as GM, Henrik and Daniel as co-presidents.
That's a lot of trust handed to two former captains whose pro management résumés are still being written. Hiring symbols of a franchise is one thing. Handing them the keys to a 316-goals-against roster is another.
You can see why ownership might go this way. The room respects the Sedins. The fan base respects the Sedins. After a 9-27-5 home record, the building needs a story Vancouver can believe in again.
But here's the question: what does Johnson actually control if the twins sit above him?
Adam Foote's seat suddenly looks different under new bosses
Adam Foote inherited a team that just went 4-6-0 over its last 10 and got blown out 6-1 in Edmonton in its final game. The next regime gets to decide whether that record buys him another season.
A new president usually means a new evaluation of the bench. The Sedins coached and developed inside the organization for years. They have opinions on staff. Strong ones.
The roster picture is just as messy. Elias Pettersson posted 15 goals and 51 points with a -30 rating. Brock Boeser hit 22 goals but finished at -48, the kind of number ownership will be asked about in the first press conference.
Filip Hronek logged 49 points from the back end while sitting at -23. Kevin Lankinen carried 47 starts with a .875 save percentage. That's the inheritance.
Johnson, if confirmed, will own decisions on Pettersson's next chapter, Boeser's future, and the goaltending pecking order behind Thatcher Demko's 20 appearances. Those calls don't wait.
Here's the original report for the eye test, with Elliotte's clarification and Dhaliwal's structural read stacked back to back.
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The Sedins as co-presidents is a sentimental headline. Whether it's a functional structure when the trade deadline hits in February is a different conversation entirely.
Vancouver fans waited a long time to see those jerseys back in a position of power. They're about to find out what that actually means in a cap meeting.
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| Josh Doan | - | 2 | 2 | |
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| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Demidov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jake Evans | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Norris | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | - | 1 | 1 | |
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| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
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