{"id":639718,"date":"2026-04-30T03:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/639718\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T03:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:24:08","slug":"report-canucks-interview-panthers-brett-peterson-for-gm-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/639718\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Canucks interview Panthers&#8217; Brett Peterson for GM role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/vancouver-canucks\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"vancouver-canucks\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> continue their search for a new general manager, new names are starting to emerge as candidates. <\/p>\n<p>The team conducted an interview with Florida Panthers assistant general manager Brett Peterson, per a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7241741\/2026\/04\/29\/vancouver-canucks-gm-search-candidates-process\/?source=emp_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.coyd.IltsOg5pcGNn\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7241741\/2026\/04\/29\/vancouver-canucks-gm-search-candidates-process\/?source=emp_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.coyd.IltsOg5pcGNn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Drance<\/a> of The Athletic on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson was hired by the Panthers in 2020 and won back-to-back Stanley Cups as a member of their management group in 2024 and 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The Athletic also reported that the Canucks have begun to inform some candidates that they will not be moving forward in the process, though the team denies having narrowed down a short list.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson joins a list of reported candidates that includes Toronto Maple Leafs AGM Shane Doan, Abbotsford Canucks GM Ryan Johnson and Patrick Burke of the NHL&#8217;s department of player safety, as reported by Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Former Buffalo GM Kevyn Adams and former Leafs GM Brad Treliving have also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/for-better-or-worse-ryan-johnsons-standing-with-canucks-likely-changing\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/for-better-or-worse-ryan-johnsons-standing-with-canucks-likely-changing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">linked<\/a> to the Canucks&#8217; search. <\/p>\n<p>The Canucks fired GM Patrik Allvin, who had held the position for five years, on April 17 after the team finished last in the NHL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Vancouver Canucks continue their search for a new general manager, new names are starting to emerge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-639718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}