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.

While Jim Rutherford decided to make a change at the GM position before stepping down as president of hockey operations, the Canucks left the door open for Allvin to remain with the club in a different capacity. That option didn’t close when Daniel and Henrik Sedin became the new presidents and chose Ryan Johnson as Allvin’s successor, but the idea of the former GM staying in a demoted role under the new one was always a long shot.

Allvin’s time as Canucks GM had its success stories — getting to Game 7 of the Western Conference semi-finals against the Edmonton Oilers and winning the Pacific Division in 2024 — but also its clear failures. The Canucks missed the playoffs in three of Allvin’s four full seasons at the helm, including building a roster that finished dead last in the NHL in 2025-26. By the end of his run, most major decision-making and deals were being handled by Rutherford, including the crucial Quinn Hughes and Kiefer Sherwood trades.

His replacement, Johnson, has already gotten to work making organizational changes, including firing head coach Adam Foote and his assistants on Tuesday. Allvin’s former assistant general managers Cammi Granato and Emilie Castonguay are expected to remain in their roles under Johnson.

After the Canucks made the playoffs in 2024, the team saw a number of players leave by free agency and trade, including Nikita Zadorov, Ian Cole, and Vasily Podkolzin, but the replacements he brought in for the players struggled to live up to expectations.

Allvin had been a longtime scout in the NHL prior to joining the Canucks, spending 16 years in the Pittsburgh Penguins organization as a European scout and later their director of European scouting and as an assistant general manager. His first four years in the NHL, which began in 2002, were as a European scout for the Montreal Canadiens.