{"id":806953,"date":"2026-07-17T02:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806953\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:48:19","slug":"vancouver-canucks-add-alexander-edler-to-front-office-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806953\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks add Alexander Edler to front office staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> announced on Thursday that former player Alex Edler is joining the team\u2019s player development department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Edler will work with the Canucks\u2019 prospects throughout the organization. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAlex knows first-hand what it means to be a Vancouver Canuck,\u201d said Canucks general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/ryan-johnson\/8481564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/ryan-johnson\/8481564\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Johnson<\/a>. \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 <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Edler spent the majority of his 17-year NHL career as a member of the Canucks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Drafted in the third round (91st overall) by Vancouver in 2004, he made his NHL debut in November of 2006 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He spent 15 seasons in Vancouver before playing the final two years of his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/los-angeles-kings\/26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/los-angeles-kings\/26\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a>, where he played from 2021-23. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Ostersund, Sweden native skated in 1,030 career NHL games, scoring 104 goals with 439 points, split between the Canucks and Kings. He skated in the NHL All-Star Game in 2012. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Internationally, he won two gold medals with Sweden at the World Championship (2013, 2017) and earned Olympic silver in 2014. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canucks overhauled the front office this off-season after the team finished last in the NHL in 2025-26. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Johnson was promoted to general manager on May 14 with franchise legends Daniel and Henrik Sedin as co-presidents of hockey operations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Manny Malhotra was hired on June 1 as head coach after the firing of Adam Foote and Malhotra\u2019s son, Caleb, was drafted third overall by the Canucks at the NHL Draft in June. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks announced on Thursday that former player Alex Edler is joining the team\u2019s player development department.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,49,48,448,82,83915],"class_list":["post-806953","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\/806953","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=806953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}