Salk: Where do the Seattle Kraken go from here?<\/a><\/p>\nPresident of hockey operations Jim Rutherford is keeping his job. Rutherford acknowledged he has to shoulder some of the blame for how the Canucks tumbled to the bottom of the NHL standings.<\/p>\n
Allvin made his own decisions as GM, Rutherford said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was in charge of most of the things in hockey, making the trades, deciding who was getting called up and down and working with the coach and all those things,\u201d Rutherford said. \u201cI take full responsibility for the season. I head up the hockey department. But I don\u2019t make decisions for other people. And Patrik had the opportunity to make his own decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Allvin\u2019s dismissal came a day after Vancouver ended its season with a 6-1 loss to the Oilers in Edmonton. The result punctuated a season where the Canucks finished last overall with a 25-49-8 record.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate. He\u2019s a friend of mine. I think Patrik\u2019s a great hockey guy,\u201d Rutherford said. \u201cBut we felt it was time to make a change and let someone else sit in that chair, that GM\u2019s chair, and make the decisions going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Canucks will conduct a wide search for Allvin\u2019s replacement, he added, and already have a \u201cvery good\u201d candidate in Ryan Johnson, currently general manager of the American Hockey League\u2019s Abbotsford Canucks and an assistant GM with the NHL club.<\/p>\n
Vancouver\u2019s next general manager will have a lot of responsibility, Rutherford said, including making a decision on whether Adam Foote will stay on as the team\u2019s coach.<\/p>\n
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