SportsHockeyCanucks

Vancouver Canucks could have a new general manager next season: report

Rob Williams
Rob Williams
|
Mar 30 2026, 10:33 pm
Vancouver Canucks could have a new general manager next season: report
@Canucks/X

The Vancouver Canucks are nearly done with what is arguably the most disappointing season in franchise history.

With just 10 games remaining in the 2025-26 season heading into Monday, the Canucks have a woeful 21-42-8 record. Their .347 points percentage is worse than any other season in the franchise’s 56-year history, save for expansion-era seasons in 1971-72 (.308) and 1972-73 (.340).

What remains to be seen is what changes the organization will make for next season, and not just concerning the players on the ice.

Fans and media have speculated about Adam Foote’s future behind the bench, but a report from Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos suggests that an even bigger change may be coming, in the general manager’s chair.

“There are strong suggestions that change is coming, but to what extent remains unclear,” Kypreos reported on Monday, adding that “things remain fluid.”

“Either way, I hear GM Patrik Allvin doesn’t expect to survive past this season,” Kypreos said.

Allvin was hired by the Canucks on Jan. 26, 2022, less than seven weeks after Jim Rutherford took over as president of hockey operations.

They inherited a team in disarray, but one that had a number of good young players already in the lineup. Quinn Hughes was 22 and Elias Pettersson was 23.Ā Brock Boeser (24), Thatcher Demko (26), Bo Horvat (26), and J.T. Miller (28) were all in the fold.

Four years later and the team is much worse, necessitating a rebuild.

ADVERTISEMENT