Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel, promoted in new NHL front office position
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The Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel, have officially been promoted to a new NHL front office position.
The Vancouver Canucks have promoted Daniel and Henrik Sedin to enhanced coaching roles and appointed Yogi Svejkovsky as an assistant coach, general manager Patrik Allvin announced Wednesday.
Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced coaching staff changes.
Yogi �vejkovsk� has been promoted to Assistant Coach of the #Canucks, and Daniel and Henrik Sedin will be more involved in the coaching activities in both Vancouver and Abbotsford.
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The Sedins will now be more involved in daily coaching activities in both Vancouver and Abbotsford.
"Including the Sedins more in our day-to-day coaching duties will be hugely beneficial to our group both on and off the ice," Allvin said in a team statement. "Both Daniel and Henrik bring a very unique perspective and competitive mind set to our staff.»
The Canucks plan to leverage the Sedins' extensive hockey knowledge from their 17 years in the NHL (2000-2018). Previously, they worked in player development for Vancouver.
«Daniel and Henrik have also had a seat at the table and I have leaned on them more and more as the year went on," said head coach Rick Tocchet. "Their knowledge and ability to teach the game is a huge plus and they fit in extremely well with our group.»
Svejkovsky has spent the past two seasons as a skills coach for the Canucks, developing players in both Vancouver and Abbotsford.
«After exploring all of our options, it became clear very quickly that the best candidate was already in our organization,» Allvin said of Svejkovsky. «The ability to promote from within will help us in the transition, as Yogi and has a great understanding of our systems and the way we want to play."
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