The Vancouver Canucks are shaking up the front office below president Jim Rutherford.
General manager Patrik Allvin has been fired by the Canucks after five seasons, the team announced on Friday.
Allvin, the first Swedish-born general manager in NHL history, served during a transformative era in Canucks history with limited success on the ice. The team made the playoffs only once in Allvin’s tenure, making the second round in 2023-24, but swung multiple significant trades that reshaped the roster.
That includes moving Bo Horvat to the Islanders, J.T. Miller to the Rangers and Quinn Hughes to the Wild. The Canucks have also been aggressive spenders, locking up their own players including Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Thatcher Demko to max-term deals.
Rutherford, who also worked with Allvin with the Penguins before they both joined the Canucks, was also heavily involved in those transactions but will remain with the team.
The Hughes trade earlier this season set the Canucks on a path to rebuild, and they bottomed out to finish last in the NHL with a 25-49-8 record.
While Rutherford will remain in charge of hockey operations, a new general manager will now come in to oversee that rebuild, beginning with making a high pick in this summer’s NHL Draft.