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Apr 17, 2026 4:18 PM - Connect Newsroom - Ramandeep Kaur
The Vancouver Canucks have fired general manager Patrik Allvin following a last-place finish, the team announced Friday. President of hockey operations Jim Rutherford confirmed the move a day after the club closed its season with a 6–1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
According to the team, Vancouver finished the 2025–26 campaign at the bottom of the NHL standings with a 25–49–8 record, despite preseason expectations of a playoff push. Injuries and ongoing defensive struggles contributed to the slide, as the club fell out of contention early in the year.
A key turning point came in December, when Vancouver traded captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild for younger assets and a first-round pick in the 2026 draft. Allvin said at the time the team had anticipated Hughes would not re-sign long term, prompting the move to maximize return.
Allvin, hired in January 2022, oversaw a period of significant fluctuation for the franchise. The team reached a National Hockey League Pacific Division title in the 2023–24 season under head coach Rick Tocchet, but failed to sustain that success. Vancouver missed the playoffs in 2024–25 and struggled again this season amid injuries to goaltender Thatcher Demko and inconsistent play from forward Elias Pettersson.
Roster instability also marked the past two seasons, including the departure of forward J.T. Miller following reported internal tensions. Tocchet later parted ways with the club, and assistant coach Adam Foote was promoted to lead the bench.
Rutherford, who has acknowledged the scale of the team’s rebuild since joining Vancouver, now faces the task of hiring a new general manager to guide the next phase. No replacement timeline was immediately provided.
