Vancouver Canucks Fire GM Patrik Allvin After Last-Place Season

The Vancouver Canucks fired general manager Patrik Allvin on Friday, ending his three-and-a-half-year tenure with the NHL club following a season that saw the team finish last in the league standings.

The decision came one day after the Canucks closed out their campaign with a 6-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. Under Allvin, the team posted a 25-49-8 record this season, plagued by injuries, internal conflicts and underperformance from key players. The club missed the playoffs by six points, marking the third such absence in four years. Jim Rutherford, the Canucks' president of hockey operations, announced the move, though specific reasons were not detailed publicly.

Allvin, 51, became the first Swedish general manager in NHL history when Rutherford hired him in January 2022 to replace Jim Benning. A former colleague of Rutherford's in Pittsburgh, where he served as director of amateur scouting and later assistant general manager, Allvin brought a focus on talent evaluation and scouting. Early in his time with Vancouver, the team showed promise. After missing the playoffs in seven of the previous eight seasons, the Canucks qualified in 2023-24, defeating the Nashville Predators in...