This reported Sedins decision could reshape the Canucks organization
Henrik Sedin and Adam Foote are now tied to the same Vancouver reset, and one front-office detail just got a lot louder.
Frank Seravalli said on Flames Talk that the Sedins were offered more say in the Canucks' process and made their preference clear: Ryan Johnson.
That matters because it frames this search as more than a routine hire. It sounds like a power test inside a franchise still trying to settle who drives the hockey side.
Foote was hired as Vancouver's head coach on 2025-05-14. One year later, the front office still feels like a live issue around him.
The timing isn't small. The Canucks finished 25-49-8, last in the Pacific, and there was no hiding how far this thing slipped.
They also closed the year with a -100 goal differential. That kind of season doesn't just demand changes on the bench. It forces decisions above it.
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The Sedins just showed where they stand
If the Sedins pushed Johnson that directly, they weren't acting like ceremonial advisors. They were acting like voices that expected to be heard.
That's the real turn in Seravalli's report. Not just that Johnson was liked, but that Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin reportedly drew a line around one name.
When that happens, every next move gets judged through that lens. If Vancouver goes another way, people will read it as management taking the wheel back from a respected internal bloc.
And if the club circles back to Johnson later, the Sedins look stronger than they did before. Either way, their footprint on this process is out in the open now.
That's a big deal for Foote too. A first-year head coach walking into this kind of structure needs alignment fast, especially after a 58-point season.
The Canucks also gave up 316 goals, the highest total in the Pacific. A team in that spot can't afford mixed messages between the coach, the front office, and the franchise icons.
Johnson may or may not end up with the chair. But Seravalli's report made one thing clear: the Sedins didn't whisper their preference. They pushed it, and now Vancouver has to own what comes next.
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YESTERDAY
MAY 13, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Nick Foligno | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Parker Kelly | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brett Kulak | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Boldy | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brent Burns | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Martin Necas | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Nico Sturm | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Marcus Johansson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Quinn Hughes | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirill Kaprizov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nicolas Roy | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Devon Toews | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Ahcan | - | - | - | |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | - | - | - | |
| Ross Colton | - | - | - | |
| Brock Faber | - | - | - | |
| Marcus Foligno | - | - | - | |
| Ryan Hartman | - | - | - | |
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