Vancouver, B.C. \u2013 Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that Alex Edler is joining the club in the team\u2019s Player Development department, working closely with prospects throughout the organization.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlex knows first-hand what it means to be a Vancouver Canuck,\u201d said Johnson. \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. Earlier this month we saw Alex\u2019s hands-on approach at our Development Camp in Abbotsford, and the feedback we received about the job he did was excellent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prior to joining the club, Edler spent parts of 17 seasons in the NHL as a player, including 15 with Vancouver after being selected in the third round, 91st overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. A native of \u00d6stersund, SWE, Edler skated in 1030 career games, split between the Canucks and Los Angeles Kings, posting 438 points (104-334-438) and 733 penalty minutes, adding 40 points (8-32-40), 78 penalty minutes, and a +11 plus\/minus rating in 93 playoff games.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Internationally, Edler represented Sweden on numerous occasions, including the 2006 World Junior Hockey Championship, the 2008, 2013 (gold), and 2017 (gold) World Championships, and the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver, B.C. \u2013 Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that Alex Edler is joining the club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-806521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806521","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=806521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}