When the Canucks announced that Dorsett would immediately return to Vancouver during this 6 game Eastern road swing, speculation that he’d re-injured his neck after a fairly complicated surgical procedure last season began to swirl. This morning, Canucks GM Jim Benning made the announcement that Dorsett indeed was being taken off the active roster for the remainder of the season.
The quote from Dr. Robert Watkins, the LA-based surgeon who performed the procedure on Dorsett, is pretty clear: "The latest evaluation of Derek's neck revealed that he's sustained a cervical disc herniation adjacent and separate to his previous fusion," said Dr.