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Ryan Johnson is in this race, and Adam Foote may feel the impact of Vancouver’s next front-office call right away.<\/p>\n
Patrik Allvin was relieved of his duties on Friday, which turned the Canucks’ front office into the biggest story in town before the dust even settled on the season.<\/p>\n
The opening is a heavy one. Vancouver finished 25-49-8, last in the NHL, so this hire is about much more than replacing one executive with another.<\/p>\n
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Ryan Johnson has the cleanest lane of the three because he already works inside the organization. Vancouver lists him as assistant general manager and Abbotsford’s general manager, which gives him a direct handle on the NHL roster and the pipeline under it.<\/p>\n
That matters on a club that ended the year with 58 points. A team this far off pace needs someone who already knows where the internal help is, and where the holes are still wide open.<\/p>\n
Marc Bergevin brings the opposite profile. He is Buffalo’s associate general manager, and that makes him the experienced outside voice in this group.<\/p>\n
For Vancouver, that kind of r\u00e9sum\u00e9 has value. The Canucks gave up 316 goals, and an outside executive with a harder edge could walk in ready to reshape the blue line and bottom six without much sentiment.<\/p>\n
Rob Blake feels like the boldest swing because he comes with recent top-chair experience and no need for on-the-job learning.<\/p>\n That background stands out for a team sitting on a -100 goal differential. Vancouver does not need a soft reset. It needs a front office that can make fast roster calls and live with the noise that follows.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Johnson is the continuity play. Bergevin is the experienced disruptor. Blake is the name that would signal a bigger outside pivot the second the announcement drops.<\/p>\n There is also a coaching layer here. Foote is Vancouver’s head coach, and any new general manager would be stepping into a setup where the bench and roster should be judged together, not in separate lanes.<\/p>\n That is why these three names land differently. Johnson offers familiarity and development knowledge. Bergevin offers a tougher outside push. Blake offers recent GM experience with a bigger-profile track record.<\/p>\n For a club that scored 216 goals, the next hire cannot be passive. Vancouver’s search should be about consequence, and Johnson, Bergevin, and Blake each bring a different kind of answer to the same mess.<\/p>\n
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