It seems all but guaranteed that the long-term legacy of the front office led by Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin will be a mixed one. On the one hand, Rutherford and Allvin did not succeed at the job they set out to do, which was to turn the Vancouver Canucks into a competitive team.
It seems that even when someone moves on, the conversation about the Vancouver Canucks‘ practice facility – or, better yet, the lack thereof – persists.
It did not take long for former Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin to find his next job as an NHL executive. On Thursday morning, the Seattle Kraken announced they have hired Patrik Allvin as an assistant general manager.
How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?
A couple of familiar names are heading to Emerald City. On Thursday, Seattle Kraken general manager Jason Botterill announced that the team has hired Patrik Allvin as assistant general manager and Pascal Vincent as assistant coach.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
More than three years after his emotional exit from Vancouver, Bruce Boudreau still isn’t shy about sharing his thoughts on the Canucks organization. Appearing
After being relieved of his duties as general manager of the Vancouver Canucks last month, Patrik Allvin has finally made a decision on his future. According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, Allvin has decided to leave the organization officially and pursue new opportunities.
Patrik Allvin had already been relieved of his duties as the Vancouver Canucks‘ general manager, and now he will be leaving the organization entirely. According the Darren Dreger, Allvin is officially parting ways with the Canucks despite there having been some thought that he would remain with Vancouver in another capacity.
It’s been nearly two weeks since the departure of Patrik Allvin as the Vancouver Canucks general manager, and the search for a new management leader is starting to dwindle.
The Vancouver Canucks are searching for a new general manager after Patrik Allvin was fired earlier this month. Some are wondering if assistant GM Ryan
Now, over a week removed from Patrik Allvin’s departure as Vancouver Canucks general manager, we began to reminisce about some of the moves – good and bad – made over the previous four years in Vancouver.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
It’s clear that Vancouver Canucks President of Hockey Ops Jim Rutherford will get a second shot at finding the right general manager. And he needs someone very different from Patrik Allvin this time around.
There’s a funny thing about the offseason in the NHL. Just when things seem quiet, the real decisions start taking shape. For the Vancouver Canucks, this summer feels less about one big swing and more about a series of smaller, smarter choices.
After Jim Benning was dismissed by the Vancouver Canucks in December 2021, Jim Rutherford was hired in part to lead the search for the team’s next GM. One name that surfaced almost immediately was Patrik Allvin.
It was an eventful Friday morning in Vancouver Canucks land. First, Patrik Allvin was fired. Then the players, in heats of four, took to the stage in the Rogers Arena media room to have their final year-end media availability before heading off for the summer.
Jim Rutherford rarely disappoints at a microphone and Friday’s media availability in the wake of the dismissal of his long-time associate Patrik Allvin as General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks was no exception.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Toronto Maple Leafs continue to conduct their search for a President of Hockey Ops and/or a general manager, and interviews are underway.
The Vancouver Canucks announced Friday they had fired Patrik Allvin as general manager, ending his four-year term with the club. The news comes after the Canucks finished the 2025-26 season with a 25-49-8 record and 58 points, dead last in the NHL and going into the offseason with the best odds at the No.
Two years ago this week, Patrik Allvin was basking in the glow of a 50-win and 109 point season that had his Vancouver Canucks celebrating a Pacific Division title and preparing to open the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Arena.
In the wake of Patrik Allvin’s firing on Friday morning, I found myself coming back to one thought that just wouldn’t go away. It’s the one posed in the headline.
As first reported by Swedish outlet Aftonbladet.se, and later confirmed by the team, the Vancouver Canucks have let go Patrik Allvin as general manager.
For a few years now, the Vancouver Canucks have been in a weird place. Between dealing away two of the team’s biggest stars – Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller – to missing out on the playoffs, the Canucks seemed destined to head for a rebuild.
An NHL insider believes that pending UFA Brock Boeser could leave the Vancouver Canucks, even if it's just for a slightly higher salary.
The Canucks wasted little time getting pen to paper on a deal with one of their new acquisitions.
It'll likely be a little while before we see Mark Friedman back in the National Hockey League as the Canucks will want him playing top-four minutes down in Abbotsford.
As of right now, the team is running with just six D and 12 forwards — with no extras on the roster.
We'll have to wait and see what Allvin and the Vancouver Canucks have planned.
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