Canucks fire general manager Patrik Allvin

As first reported by Swedish outlet Aftonbladet.se, and later confirmed by multiple insiders, the Vancouver Canucks have let go Patrik Allvin as general manager.

The move came shortly after Vancouver lost 6-1 to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night in the final game of the 2025-26 NHL regular season.

Allvin served as GM of the Canucks from 2021-22 until this week, helping the team win a playoff series against the Nashville Predators in 2023-24. Everything went south from there, though. J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes were among the players shipped out, while Elias Pettersson’s production fell off a cliff. Star goaltender Thatcher Demko has missed more games than he has played over the past few seasons, as well.

Allvin previously said the team was in a hybrid retool prior to the Christmas break. But with the team clearly in flux, he said in a video on the team’s social media channels that they were shifting focus to the long-term future rather than trying to salvage the season.

A former pro hockey player, Allvin got his start in the NHL as an European scout for the Montreal Canadiens from 2002-06. He joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2006-07, helping to build a team that would go on to win three Stanley Cups.

Allvin was promoted to the director of European scouting in 2012-13 and would serve time as an assistant GM and interim GM in 2020-21 with Pittsburgh. Allvin would become Vancouver’s 12th GM in franchise history, replacing Jim Rutherford (like he did in Pittsburgh) after Rutherford’s near-two-month run as acting GM.

Vancouver ultimately finished dead last with a record of 25-49-8. That was good for 58 points, allowing them to clinch last in the NHL with about two weeks left to go in the season. The team owns the best odds of landing the first overall pick at 25.5 percent.