Patrik Allvin Canucks Exit Finalized After GM Dismissal

Patrik Allvin Canucks exit is now complete, and the former Vancouver general manager is leaving the organization entirely after already being relieved of his duties. The move closes the door on any possibility that he could stay with the club in another role.

Allvin had been fired shortly after Vancouver finished dead last in the NHL with 58 points, and there had been thought he might remain with the organization in a different capacity. Instead, the departure ends that possibility and finalizes a front-office change that had been building since the end of the regular season.

Darren Dreger On Allvin

Darren Dreger said there was “a lingering sense he might consider another role within the organization.” He also said, “Allvin is well respected throughout the hockey community and will have opportunities.”

Those comments line up with the path Vancouver has already taken. Allvin was initially hired as the Canucks’ GM in January of 2022, after spending 16 years with the Pittsburgh Penguins and working as a European scout for the Montreal Canadiens between 2002 and 2006.

Canucks Leadership Reshape

The organizational reset did not stop with Allvin. Jim Rutherford announced that he would be stepping down as the team’s president of hockey operations, and on May 14 the Canucks announced Henrik and Daniel Sedin as the team’s new co-presidents of hockey operations and Ryan Johnson as the new GM.

That leaves Vancouver with a fully reshaped hockey operations structure and no lingering role for Allvin inside it. He could still pursue an assistant GM job elsewhere in the NHL, but his Canucks chapter is now over after the firing, the last-place finish and the leadership changes that followed.