The news that the Vancouver Canucks have lost forward Derek Dorsett forever struck me hard. It sucks. He battled so hard to get back on the ice and compete the way he has for hundreds of games. He was playing arguably the best hockey of his career, carrying the Canucks’ middle-six defensive load.
The game that he and Sutter shut down Connor McDavid and the young Edmonton Oilers? That’s going down as one of the best nights in Canucks hockey this season, no doubt. As a guy who always had room for a couple of “grit guys” in the lineup regardless of endless criticism of Erik Gudbranson and Dorsett in Van City, I am really going to miss Twigy going forward.