Canucks retaining – Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson confirmed that assistant general managers Cammie Granato and Emilie Castonguay will remain with the organization, even as head coach Adam Foote and some assistants were announced as not returning.
The day after Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson signaled major turnover in the coaching staff, he moved to steady one part of the front office.
Johnson said Tuesday that assistant general managers Cammie Granato and Emillie Castonguay will be retained as the organization undergoes major changes this off-season.
The announcement landed hours after Johnson said head coach Adam Foote and some of his assistants would not be returning.
Granato and Castonguay were both brought into the Canucks in early 2022. only weeks after the club hired Jim Rutherford as president of hockey operations. Their roles had been uncertain after Rutherford transferred to an advisory role. and after Daniel and Henrik Sedin were promoted to co-presidents.
Granato arrives with a deep hockey legacy. She is a Hall of Famer and was the captain of the United States team that won the first Olympic gold medal in women’s ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Castonguay, meanwhile, comes from a background in player representation. Before joining the Canucks, she was a former agent whose client list included New York Rangers star Alexis Lafrenière.
In a quick off-season reshuffle that started with the coaching staff, Johnson’s decision to keep both assistant general managers suggests the Canucks aren’t simply swapping faces—they’re also trying to protect the work already in motion behind the scenes.
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