Report: The Canucks hire Cammi Granato to be assistant general manager
The Vancouver Canucks have added another member to their front office.
According to Elliotte Friedman, Hall of Famer Cammi Granato will be joining the Canucks as an assistant general manager.
Hearing Hockey Hall-of- Famer Cammi Granato will be joining the Vancouver Canucks front office, as AGM. Granato, who was scouting for the Kraken, released her new book, "I Can Play, Too" last week.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) February 10, 2022The Canucks fired general manager Jim Benning and head coach Travis Green back on December 5 and, since then, their front office has undergone a full transformation.
Jim Rutherford took over as the Canucks’ president of hockey operations and Patrik Allvin, who Rutherford knew from his days with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was hired to be general manager. Émilie Castonguay, who was the first NHLPA-certified female player agent in Canada, was also named an assistant general manager with a focus on negotiating contracts.
It isn’t clear yet what Granato’s focus will be in her AGM role, but she was previously working as a scout for the Seattle Kraken.
Granato brings a wealth of experience to the Canucks as one of the greatest female players of all time. She played NCAA hockey for Providence College and captained the United States women’s hockey team to a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
In 2010, Granato (along with Canadian Angela James) became the first woman to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Castonguay became the first woman to ever hold an assistant general manager position in the NHL when the Canucks hired her in January.