Nearly a month after letting go of former General Manager Patrik Allvin, the Vancouver Canucks have found the next regime that will lead them through their rebuild.

On Thursday, the Canucks called a press conference to officially announce the hiring of Ryan Johnson as the organization’s next General Manager, making him the 13th GM in franchise history. In the same announcement, the club appointed Daniel and Henrik Sedin as Co-Presidents of Hockey Operations.

Johnson, 49, has been in the Canucks organization for the past 13 years. He was first hired as a Development Coach for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. Johnson worked his way up to Assistant Director of Player Development for another two-year stint before earning a big promotion to Director of Player Development for the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager of the AHL’s Utica Comets.

He served in those roles for the following five years, helping the Canucks uproot their American League team from Utica to Abbotsford for the 2021-22 season. Johnson was then promoted in the NHL from Director of Player Development to Special Assistant to the GM for two years before being elevated to Assistant General Manager in 2024-25. Later that season, Johnson’s work building the roster helped the Canucks organization capture their first Championship, winning the Calder Cup in 2024-25.

Under Johnson’s leadership after the move from Utica five years ago, the Abbotsford Canucks have had four 39+ win seasons, a 191-134-19-12 record. The 2025-26 season was the organization’s first losing season in its five-year history.

Johnson’s Canucks roots run deeper than just his work in the front office. The Thunder Bay, Ontario native played the 2008-09 and 2009-2010 seasons with the Canucks, providing a defensive-centre role for the bottom-six. Through 120 games over those two years, Johnson scored three goals and 11 assists for 14 points.

The Canucks’ search came down to Johnson and Boston Bruins assistant GM and Providence Bruins GM Evan Gold. Conflicting reports had Gold pegged for the job on Monday, while others said it was premature to appoint one at that time.

Vancouver pulls off a move similar to what the Toronto Maple Leafs did, naming a new GM and bringing in a pair of franchise legends, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, as Co-Presidents of Hockey Operations.

Daniel and Henrik were drafted second and third overall in the 1999 NHL Draft. The twins went on to spend their entire 17-year NHL careers with the Canucks. Henrik leads the organization with 1,070 points in 1,330 games, while Daniel is second on that list with 1,041 points in 1,306 games. Their trophy cases are filled with two Art Ross Trophies, two King Clancy Trophies, one Ted Lindsay Award, one Hart Trophy, and six NHL All-Star selections. The twins had their jerseys retired in 2020 and were first-ballot Hockey Hall of Famers in 2022.

The Sedins took three years away from hockey after retiring in 2018, but joined the Canucks Hockey Operations as special advisors to the General Manager in 2021. The following year, the twins transitioned to new roles in player development and have served in that role with the organization since today’s announcement.