The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canucks are a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The Canucks currently play home games at Rogers Arena. The Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 as an expansion team, along with the Buffalo Sabres. They have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals three times but were defeated by the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994, and the Boston Bruins in 2011. The franchise has had eleven general managers since its inception.
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | Number of general managers | |
| Ref(s) | References | |
| – | Does not apply | |
| Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category |
| Name | Tenure | Accomplishments during this term | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bud Poile | February 25, 1970 – April 1973 |
| [2] [3] [4] | |
| 2 | Hal Laycoe | April 1973 – January 31, 1974 | [5] | ||
| 3 | Phil Maloney | January 31, 1974 – May 31, 1977 |
| [6] | |
| 4 | Jake Milford | May 31, 1977 – June 1982 |
| [7] | |
| 5 | Harry Neale | June 1982 – May 23, 1985 |
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| 6 | Jack Gordon | June 4, 1985 – June 1, 1987 |
| [8] [9] | |
| 7 | Pat Quinn | June 1, 1987 – November 4, 1997 |
| [10] | |
| – | Mike Keenan (acting) | November 14, 1997 – June 22, 1998 | |||
| 8 | Brian Burke | June 22, 1998 – May 3, 2004 |
| [11] [12] | |
| 9 | Dave Nonis | May 6, 2004 – April 14, 2008 |
| [13] [14] | |
| 10 | Mike Gillis | April 23, 2008 – April 8, 2014 |
| [15] [16] | |
| 11 | Jim Benning | May 21, 2014 – December 5, 2021 |
| [17] | |
| – | Stan Smyl (acting) | December 5, 2021 – December 9, 2021 | [18] | ||
| – | Jim Rutherford (acting) | December 9, 2021 – January 26, 2022 | [19] | ||
| 12 | Patrik Allvin | January 26, 2022 – present | [20] |