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Patrik Allvin and Adam Foote are now staring at the kind of Vancouver summer that usually brings more than a roster tweak.
The Canucks have locked in 32nd place, and there is nowhere left to hide what this season became. They now have the best draft lottery odds.
The standings show Vancouver at 22-45-8 with 52 points and a -91 goal differential.
That is not just a bad year. That is the worst spot in the league, and it changes the whole conversation around the rebuild.
Now the question is not whether Vancouver needs player changes. That part is obvious.
The real question is whether ownership lets the front office ride into another reset after a season this ugly.
That is why Allvin’s future keeps coming up.
Nick Kypreos reported that Allvin does not expect to survive past this season, which turns offseason chatter into a real management watch.
The rebuild may not stop with the roster
Around the league, the temperature has already changed. Toronto fired Brad Treliving on Monday, and Vegas fired Bruce Cassidy and replaced him with John Tortorella.
That matters in Vancouver because it shows teams are not waiting around when a season goes off the rails.
The Canucks were officially eliminated from playoff contention last week, and that only confirmed what the standings had been saying for months.
So yes, a management move feels very much in play.
If Allvin goes, the next layer gets tricky fast. A new general manager does not always want to inherit a coach he did not choose.
That puts Foote in an awkward spot.
Even if Vancouver still believes in him, the next hockey boss may want his own voice behind the bench and his own roadmap for the rebuild.
That is what makes this summer so important.
The Canucks are already rebuilding the roster. They may now have to decide whether the people running that rebuild are staying too.
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