[Fairnburn and Drance] Canucks request permission to interview Kevyn Adams for GM position: Source

**Article is not paywalled** The Vancouver Canucks have requested and been granted permission to interview former Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams for their vacant GM position, according to a league source. The source was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the Canucks’ search. A Canucks team source declined to confirm whether the club had requested permission to discuss its general manager vacancy with Adams, but did not deny it, citing an organizational preference for running this interview process quietly and privately. The Canucks needed permission to interview Adams because he still had time left on his contract when the Sabres fired him in December. Beyond Adams, the Sabres have a pair of additional executives who might factor into this process: Sam Ventura, the VP of hockey strategy and research who has ties with Rutherford dating back to their time with the Penguins, and Marc Bergevin, the Sabres’ associate general manager. The league source told The Athletic that, at the time of publication, the Canucks had not requested permission to speak with either candidate. submitted by /u/AggPuck-303 [link] [comments]