Carol Schram: Bo Horvat missed as Vancouver Canucks fall to Flyers, Jordan Subban traded In their first game without injured centre Bo Horvat, the Vancouver Canucks dropped a listless 4-1 decision to the Philadelphia Flyers. Later Thursday night, Jim Benning dealt AHL defenseman Jordan Subban to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for grinding forward Nic Dowd.

LA should bite the bullet and have Subban develop as a winger.


Dude has no shot as a d-man.

TY Carol

Thanks Carol!

Vanek? Are we headed for 8 starters out by Jan 1?

Vanek? Are we headed for 8 starters out by Jan 1?
- LordHumungous

All part of the master plan Embrace it

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Nucks definitely got the better end of this trade. Dowd got screwed over in LA.
He will be a good addition.

Vanek? Are we headed for 8 starters out by Jan 1?
- LordHumungous

Let's hope so.

Nucks definitely got the better end of this trade. Dowd got screwed over in LA.
He will be a good addition.
- wrister

Well Obviously. JB gets the better player in every trade.

Well Obviously. JB gets the better player in every trade.

I don't know.. a fourth-round pick for a seventh-round pick?



~ Thanks Carol ~

Vanek? Are we headed for 8 starters out by Jan 1?
- LordHumungous

Underrated loss. One of the best forwards on the team so far this year.

Scoring is going to be hard if he's out for awhile too.

LA should bite the bullet and have Subban develop as a winger.


Dude has no shot as a d-man.
- classic321

Agreed. No harm in trying it.

I don't know.. a fourth-round pick for a seventh-round pick?



~ Thanks Carol ~
- NewYorkNuck

Once thing really stood out to me in last nights game. Virtanen is really easy to get off the puck and he does not seem to battle as hard as he should. He has some great nifty moves, but man he gets stripped of the puck a lot. He also does not seem to be hitting very much anymore.

I am glad we made the Dowd move, we need the extra depth and the extra size.

Brendan Batchlor reporting that Travis Green is very vocal and pushing players in practice. Stressing importance of little details. Holding players accountable

Thanks Carol if you get any update of why Vanek was not at practice let us know. As for Dowd why couldn't he make it from LA in time for practice?

All it takes is an employment letter and stamp at border for TN approval. Who dropped the ball on this one?

You'd think with all the strong players like Bo, Vanek and gritty Sutter out they would want Dowd in line up against Flames.

Brendan Batchlor reporting that Travis Green is very vocal and pushing players in practice. Stressing importance of little details. Holding players accountable
- Codes1087

Bo injury has him shook

Bo injury has him shook
- Nucker101

"Stop f*cking lollygagging around, the details f*cking matter" green at practice

That take on Dowd is not right. He’s a very creative passer, great vision. He doesn’t shoot (last year one of the lowest shots/60 in the league I think) and his defensive numbers struggle anytically (though I never saw it with the eye test) but to call him not creative is just well wrong. Good luck to him, in the correct role he may bring 40 pts IMO, Stevens played him 8 minutes a night out of position in the wrong role.

That take on Dowd is not right. He’s a very creative passer, great vision. He doesn’t shoot (last year one of the lowest shots/60 in the league I think) and his defensive numbers struggle anytically (though I never saw it with the eye test) but to call him not creative is just well wrong. Good luck to him, in the correct role he may bring 40 pts IMO, Stevens played him 8 minutes a night out of position in the wrong role.
- CrownedKing

Defensively his numbers are good though?

That take on Dowd is not right. He’s a very creative passer, great vision. He doesn’t shoot (last year one of the lowest shots/60 in the league I think) and his defensive numbers struggle anytically (though I never saw it with the eye test) but to call him not creative is just well wrong. Good luck to him, in the correct role he may bring 40 pts IMO, Stevens played him 8 minutes a night out of position in the wrong role.
- CrownedKing

Yeah, from what I've read from your fanbase he's a good playmaker, has some grit, not a scorer and struggled defensively(although his possession numbers are strong).

Defensively his numbers are good though?
- Codes1087

Apparently his eye test defense is weak, will be interesting to watch him play.