Daniel Sedin or Henrik Sedin

As well known, we conducted an exhaustive search for a new GM

As you all know, of course, we knew Ryan was our top internal candidate from the beginning.

But the organization wanted to leave no stone unturned in searching for the best person for the job.

The due diligence allowed Henrik and Daniel to make the choice between the best external candidate or Ryan.

Ryan, we are thrilled Henrik and Daniel have selected you as the GM they want to work with.

Daniel, Henrik, and Ryan, you have the full support of ownership.

We will provide you with all the resources you need to succeed.

And finally, to our fans, we appreciate this rebuild will require patience, but we will ice a team that competes hard every night.

Rebuilding and competing hard are not mutually exclusive.

And that, I'd like to invite Daniel, Henrik,

And Ryan, to come up here, do a little photo op, get the jerseys.

Thank you guys.

Thank you all for being here.

I also want to thank Francesco, Roberto Aquilini for this opportunity, Daniel and Henrik, Jim Rutherford, Patrick Alvin, who guided me along the last four years and forever grateful for the opportunity to watch and learn alongside.

To the fans of

Canuck fans throughout the province, in our community, obviously came here as two years as a player and been here almost 13 in this position or within the organization.

But the fan base,

means a lot to me and the two guys beside me, and I think that's a big reason why we're sitting here today.

I'd also like to thank all the people at Rogers Forum, the Abbotsford Canuck organization, the coaches, the trainers, the players.

I truly wouldn't be sitting here without going through that journey with them.