Overview
- The Vancouver Canucks announced the hire on Thursday evening, naming Richard Seeley general manager of the Abbotsford Canucks and assistant general manager of the NHL club.
- Seeley leaves an eight-season run as general manager of the AHL’s Ontario Reign, where his teams made consistent playoff runs and posted a franchise-best 47-20-3-2 record in 2025-26.
- The dual role Seeley fills is the same position Ryan Johnson held before his promotion, and Seeley will work alongside Emilie Castonguay and Cammi Granato in Vancouver’s front office.
- Seeley’s move creates an immediate GM vacancy with the Ontario Reign and prompts short-term reshuffling in the Los Angeles Kings’ AHL pipeline.
- Reports note small biographical inconsistencies across outlets—most notably Seeley’s reported draft year—but agree he is a British Columbia native whose appointment may shape Abbotsford’s coaching hires and player-development focus next season.