{"id":646444,"date":"2026-05-04T04:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/646444\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T04:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:15:07","slug":"pierre-dorion-interviews-for-canucks-vacant-general-manager-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/646444\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Dorion interviews for Canucks\u2019 vacant general manager role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pierre Dorion, the former general manager of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>, was in Vancouver last week where he interviewed for the Canucks\u2019 GM vacancy, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Ottawa Senators GM, Pierre Dorion was in Vancouver last week and has interviewed for the Canucks GM vacancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/2051095930837913977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canucks are in need of a new general manager after firing Patrik Allvin last month following a trying 2025-26 campaign where they finished last in the NHL with just 25 wins. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dorion, a 53-year-old native of Ottawa, served as Sens\u2019 GM from 2016 to 2023, making just a single playoff appearance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">His time in the nation\u2019s capital ended on controversial terms as the franchise was forced to give up a first-round draft pick as punishment for their role in a voided trade between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Vancouver has missed the playoffs for two straight seasons and nine of the last 11 seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At 25.5 per cent, the Canucks have the best chance of winning Tuesday\u2019s NHL Draft Lottery.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pierre Dorion, the former general manager of the Ottawa Senators, was in Vancouver last week where he interviewed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,49,48,448,82,83915],"class_list":["post-646444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-23"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}