Frank Seravalli

But I wonder in the end how valuable it would have been to have an outside fresh perspective that hasn't been sucked into the way the Canucks do things.

I don't.

I just think in the end, he wasn't the winning candidate.

I've seen lots of speculation about dollars or whatever else.

I think there's been a tug of war the entire time.

I think there's been a whole camp of Vancouver Canucks people that have been trying to champion the case of Ryan Johnson that ultimately just won out.

And I think the Sedins were the last two to tip the scale.

That would be my read of the situation.

Look, in the end, are the Vancouver Canucks paying top dollar for Ryan Johnson to be the next general manager?

No, they're not.

And they didn't pay top dollar to Patrick Alveen.

He was, by my understanding or estimation, if not the lowest and one of the lowest paid general managers in the league.

That also, by the way, they're not alone.

I don't believe the Nashville Predators in their search process are paying a lot for their next general manager.

To me, it's not really about money.

It's about the best fit.

And I have to say, and this isn't demeaning to Ryan Johnson or Evan Gold, this has been the least inspiring hiring cycle that we've gone through, I think, in this current GM cycle.

I want someone who's going to come in and outthink everyone.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, but there's so much that needs to change in my view in terms of processes, how things work, recognizing biases.

I could talk for hours about front office structure and how this all should work, but I just think this is a really interesting time to be making the hire.