Brent Sopel should replace Pronger.

[me2]

Lets put it this way. Jovo on the international stage gets questioned about his "ability" to make bone-headed/costly/untimely mistakes...... He RARELY is talked about in that sense though in Vancouver because Sopel is there.

Defensively:
ECHL? No. Average NHL? no. in the second last fifth of Dmen in the league defensively? Safe to say probably.

Argueing about +/- can be VERY misleading...... MA Bergeron was like a +15 or something, but he was that because he played with one of Staios or Ulanov, not because he's good defensively (and he saw lots of minutes against top six forwards, becuase he was always used when our scoring lines where out, and with Edmontons lack of a big gun - most teams match up top lines with us).

Sopel is on the Canucks top defensive D pairing with Ohlund and plays in a shutdown role. Sure he is only average defensively, but if he was as bad as people make him out to be he would be hidden on the 3rd pairing.