Any day, any minute now, the Vancouver Canucks are expected to announce the results of their search for their next General Manager. According to multiple reports, the results of that search will be a management group led by Daniel and Henrik Sedin in some sort of co-president role, with Ryan Johnson serving as the club’s GM.

As we await that official announcement, we’ve got four big questions that we’ve seen fans asking.

Without a doubt, this is the number one thing we’ve seen in our comments section and on our social channels since yesterday’s reporting.

How is this regime going to enact real, tangible change?

“The Canucks’ organization has been a dysfunctional mess for over a decade, promoting people from within that will just keep things the same as they were before,” wrote one reader.

Questions like that will undoubtedly be posed to the Sedins and Johnson when they eventually speak about their new role. All we’d do is encourage fans to get a chance to hear what Johnson and the Sedins have to say — and more importantly, what they do — before enacting judgment.

But with all that in mind…

This is another question that’s at the front of mind for many right now. The Canucks interviewed a number of people for their GM position, but in the end, seem like they’ll be handing the reins to Johnson and the Sedins. What went into that decision? Why didn’t they want to get a totally new voice at the top of the hockey operations department?

Why didn’t Evan Gold get hired? It sure sounded like it was down to him and Johnson in the end.

TSN’s Farhan Lalji sent out the following tweet that Gold “overplayed his hand”:

The question people started asking from that: What exactly does “overplayed his hand” mean?

Did this come down to money? Did it come down to how many people Gold wanted to let go of throughout the organization, that the Canucks will still have to pay to not work for them? Was it a difference in philosophy? We likely won’t get answers to these questions right away, but one day, that story will come out. For now, we’re left to wonder why the Canucks felt it was best to go from within instead.

This is a popular one we’ve seen as well: Why do Daniel and Henrik Sedin want to try to fix this?

They’re franchise icons with their jerseys retired. They’re first ballot Hockey Hall of Famers. They’re also damn good on-ice coaches, according to everything we’ve heard from any Canucks player asked about them in recent years.

We saw Trevor Linden’s run as president and the unfortunate end that came with it. Nobody wants to see a similar outcome to the Sedin-era of running hockey operations. So why take on such a big challenge? The Canucks are an asset-poor rebuilding team that are multiple key pieces away from being able to compete for a Stanley Cup.

Nobody wants conversations about the Sedins in 20-30 years to include “yeah, but remember when they botched the Canucks’ rebuild when they moved into management?”

I’m getting angry just thinking about those conversations.

So, why take on this challenge?

When this question is actually posed to them, you can bet Daniel or Henrik will give some absolutely perfect answer that makes you feel something you haven’t felt since around 2011. Some answer about how much they love Vancouver and this organization that makes you ready to paint your face green and blue and ready to run through a brick wall.

For so long now, so many have told you how hard it is to be part of the Canucks. How hard it is to deal with the passionate fanbase on social media, the ownership, the rain, whatever. But here’s two guys who only ever wanted to be Canucks, and only ever wanted to live in Vancouver, even after their playing days were done. Their love for this city for this franchise runs deep. So as has always been the case with the Sedins, you’re thankful for their loyalty and recognize that you’re lucky to have two people like them.

But this is a heck of a challenge for them to take on, and you just hope it goes well for them.

You know what else we’ve heard a lot in recent years, specifically from outgoing President Jim Rutherford? That players don’t typically want to play in Vancouver. And when Rutherford said it, it always came with a level of “that’s just how it is, nothing we can do about it!”

But there was a time, not all that long ago, when plenty of players wanted to be in Vancouver. That was, of course, when Daniel and Henrik Sedin were the ones setting the culture in the Canucks’ locker room.

At their jersey retirement ceremony, Kevin Bieksa said that there would be a “Sedin flavour” that would continue throughout the Canucks’ room. In the time since, the Canucks have had countless locker room conflicts, with the most notable one being the rift between Elias Pettersson and JT Miller that resulted in Miller being traded to the New York Rangers. And of course, the Canucks’ homegrown captain asked for a trade this past season.

Can the Sedins and Johnson help fix that culture? Abbotsford certainly had a winning culture under Johnson’s watch. Max Sasson recently spoke about that, giving RJ his flowers:

“I think he had a huge impact on myself, and I think Karly will tell you that, and Bainsy, and the list goes on and on. From the day I got there, the conversations that we had about hockey, about life, you know, he makes you feel comfortable and important, which is huge. If he becomes our GM, I think it’s a real treat. I think he’ll do a great job. He’s one of the best people I’ve ever met in this game. So I can’t say enough good things about him.”

Another area it would be great to see the Sedins help the Canucks improve is how often players get out into the community and give back. The Sedins were obviously unmatched in that department, but it would be awesome to see more Canucks players visiting BC Children’s Hospital not because they were asked to or feel like they have to, but because they genuinely want to. Because they recognize the impact that their status as Canucks players has in this city, and genuinely want to use it for good.