{"id":805084,"date":"2026-07-17T01:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/805084\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T01:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:02:07","slug":"longtime-defenceman-edler-returns-to-canucks-in-development-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/805084\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime defenceman Edler returns to Canucks in development role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Edler, a steady member of 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=\"nofollow noopener\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a>&#8216; defence for 15 seasons during his playing career, is joining the NHL team\u2019s player development department.<\/p>\n<p>Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson announced the move Thursday and said Edler will work closely with prospects throughout the organization<\/p>\n<p>Edler participated in the team\u2019s recent Development Camp in Abbotsford, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Edler was drafted 91st overall by Vancouver in 2004 and had 99 goals and 310 assists over 925 games with the club.<\/p>\n<p>He added eight goals and 32 assists in 93 playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>Edler spent his last two seasons with the Los Angeles Kings before retiring following the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old from Ostersund, Sweden, played a year for the Western Hockey League&#8217;s Kelowna Rockets after being drafted by the Canucks, putting up 53 points in 62 games in the 2005-06 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex knows first-hand what it means to be a Vancouver Canuck,\u201d Johnson said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis past experience in the NHL will really help in our players development, he understands the demands of what it takes to be a good pro both on and off the ice, while his skill set and communication will be a big plus when it comes to coaching and mentoring our prospects.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Edler, a steady member of the Vancouver Canucks&#8216; defence for 15 seasons during his playing career, is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-805084","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\/805084","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=805084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}