It appears as if Penguins assistant general manager Patrik Allvin will be the next general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.
TSN's Darren Dreger reported that "it appears" that Allvin will be the next general manager, though noted that a deal isn't done yet.
Earlier on Tuesday TSN had reported that Allvin was among the finalists for the job, along withLightning director of hockey operations Mathieu Darche, former Canadiens assistant general manager Scott Mellanby and Canadiens director of goaltending Sean Burke.
Allvin would be following his former boss Jim Rutherford to Vancouver after Rutherford was named president of hockey operations and interim general manager of the Canucks last month.
Allvin joined the Penguins' organization as a European scout for the 2006-07 season was promoted to director of amateur scouting in 2017. He was promoted to assistant general manager in 2020, and briefly filled in as interim general manager after Rutherford resigned.
Allvin is currently the Penguins' only assistant general manager, the highest ranking member of the front office after Ron Hextall and Brian Burke.
The Canucks hired an assistant general manager on Monday in Emilie Castonguay, the first woman to serve as an assistant general manager in Canucks history and the second to do so in NHL history. Castonguay is a former player agent, and was the first woman to be certified by the NHLPA as an agent in 2016. Castonguay's clients included the Penguins' P.O Joseph and his brother Mathieu, former first-round pick Alexis Lafreniere, and the Coyotes' Antoine Roussel, among others.
