The Vancouver Canucks are weighing changes after a dismal season that will see the team finish last in the NHL.

TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports that a change at general manager from Patrik Allvin and moving on from head coach Adam Foote after just one season are being considered in Vancouver.

“It’s an ongoing process inside hockey operations with [president] Jimmy Rutherford clearly at the top,” Dreger explained on Insider Trading Thursday. “A week ago, it seemed less likely the Canucks were willing to consider a general manager change as Patrik Allvin remains highly regarded. But maybe you see a job restructuring for Allvin and a restructuring of hockey operations.

“At this point, I’m told it’s 50/50.

“There’s also some speculation around assistant general manager Ryan Johnson. Did the Predators seek permission to speak with him and was permission denied by the Canucks? I’m told that no such request was made. So, there’s a lot going on with the Canucks.

“Manny Malhotra, the head coach of the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks, is NHL-ready. So, we could see a coaching change in the off-season in Vancouver.

“But again, no decisions have been made by the brass of the Canucks. They’re just continuing to evaluate.”

Foote has guided to the Canucks to a 22-48-8 record this season, with the team owning 18 fewer points than the 31st-place Chicago Blackhawks. He was promoted to head coach last summer after Rick Tocchet departed the organization, eventually joining the Philadelphia Flyers as head coach.

Malhotra has guided the AHL Canucks to a 24-37-7 record this season after winning the Calder Cup with the team last spring. He was an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs for four seasons prior to taking the job in Abbotsford and was an assistant on the Canucks staff for three seasons before that.

Allvin was hired by Rutherford in 2022 after spending 16 years in the Penguins organization, including time as Rutherford’s assistant general manager.

The Canucks finished first in the Pacific Division and reached the second round of the playoffs in 2024, which marks the team’s lone postseason appearance in 2020 in the Rutherford era.

Rutherford and Allvin have made major changes to Canucks roster over the past two seasons, headlined by shipping forward J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers last season and trading captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild in December.

The trade deadline brought more changes for the Canucks, with the team trading forward Conor Garland to the Columbus Blue Jackets before his six-year, $36 million contract extension signed on July 1 even kicked in. Vancouver also shipped out Tyler Myers, Kiefer Sherwood, David Kampf and Lukas Reichel in their sell-off ahead of the deadline.

Trading Miller last season ended an ongoing saga that stemmed from a rift between him and centre Elias Pettersson. The move, however, has failed to spark the 27-year-old Pettersson, who has fallen well below a point-per-game pace since inking an eight-year, $92.8 million deal in 2024. He has 15 goals and 46 points in 65 games this season, which is nearly equal to his 2024-25 production, after posting 34 goals and 89 points in 82 games in 2023-24 to top the 30-goal mark for the third straight time.

Pettersson is one of seven members of the Canucks signed through at least the 2028-29 season, along with wingers Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk, defencemen Filip Hronek and Marcus Pettersson and goaltenders Thatcher Demko and Kevin Lankinen. Both Boeser and Demko also inked their new deals on July 1, while Lankinen and Pettersson were extended last February.

Rutherford joined the Canucks in 2021 after previous stints as general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2006 and built the back-to-back champion Penguins rosters in 2016 and 2017. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.