Overview
- The team announced Friday that Allvin was out after a 25-49-8 finish, and president Jim Rutherford stayed on to lead a wide search for a successor.
- Rutherford said Allvin handled most hockey decisions and added that the next general manager will have full authority, including roster moves.
- Reports from The Athletic, carried by local outlets, pointed to friction with coach Adam Foote over playing younger skaters and noted Rutherford, not Allvin, oversaw the Quinn Hughes trade to Minnesota.
- Holding the best chance at the No. 1 pick at about 25.5%, Vancouver faces a pivotal offseason that could address heavy contracts and the futures of Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Thatcher Demko.
- Rutherford called Abbotsford GM Ryan Johnson a “very good” candidate in what he said will be a broad search, closing a four-year run in which Allvin—hired in 2022 as the NHL’s first Swedish GM—made one playoff appearance before the collapse.