Confirmed with Link: Dowd traded to the Canucks for Subban

[regulate]

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[Little Psycho]

Well then. Blake don't sleep no more.

 

[eleventy]

Guess nucks need someone down the middle with Horvat's blown up ankle

 

[tsanuri]

Didn't see that one coming.
Another D project since he's not played a game at the nhl level yet.

 

[Stimpythecat]

Just saw that. Clifford may be ready to come off the IR to take the vacant spot.

 

[Bandit]

Always liked Dowd’s offensive vision, but D left much to be desired.

 

[MS]

If you guys do what should have been done 3 years ago and convert Subban to forward you might have something.

His size/defensive game will never play in the NHL at his current position but his skating ability/shot/skill level might - plays like a rover and scores winger-style goals.

 

[Esteban Tornado]

Didn't see that one coming.
Another D project since he's not played a game at the nhl level yet.

Well if he performs as well as Malcolm did with no NHL experience, he’ll be fine

 

[regulate]

Welcome to the Reign. The Kings will never play a 5-9 D man. Not sure why this deal was made (regarding our return) unless it was to shore up the AHL team on D.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Sol]

I like that Blake is always looking to improve even in the most minor way.

 

[kingsboy11]

This kind of sucks because that means when Clifford comes back Andreoff stays and won't get waived. I mean I've always been intrigued by Jordan Subban so we'll see how this goes.

 

[Stimpythecat]

Dowd will be UFA. He wasn't playing much. 16 games out of 30. With probably even less time once Carter returns. If he wasn't going to return next season, I can see why this deal was made now.

 

[Shellz]

I thought this was for PK. DERP. How many damn brothers are there?

 

[tsanuri]

I thought this was for PK. DERP. How many damn brothers are there?

Just the 3 to my knowledge. Think there are a couple of sisters as well.

 

[Stimpythecat]

Every team in the West needs a Subban.

 

[Shellz]

Just the 3 to my knowledge. Think there are a couple of sisters as well.

Yeah, just googled. I thought he only had one. Not sure what to think about the trade. Meh.

 

[member 105785]

He's got a high skill cap, but poor defensively at even the AHL level. He has the tools but just isn't good enough on the back end.

 

[Sol]

Interested to see the logic of this trade.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I thought this was for PK. DERP. How many damn brothers are there?

If the Kings got PK for Dowd, this forum would have shut down.

 

[onlyalad]

So we got a dMan that can't play d for a forward that can't play d

 

[regulate]

He's an AHL player. Should shore up the Reign on the PP, which has been terrible. Can't see a 5-9 D man ever playing for the Kings.

 

[Shellz]

If the Kings got PK for Dowd, this forum would have shut down.

I was just thinking “wow, he has has fallen” , haha.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

At least he straight murders water bottles, that's cool.

Dowd was impending UFA, we probably need the roster spot for Clifford (ugh, Andreoff), he probably wanted to play, Van may need the C with Horvat dead, and we get a skilled RHD for Ontario for when LaDue eventually comes up when we make a big d-man trade

 

[KingsFan7824]

Dowd isn't playing much, Vancouver needs a center, Dowd is hardly a proven commodity, Subban is a whatever prospect at this point, the Canucks want the Kings to take a contract back, Dowd is a UFA, Subban is a RFA, easy enough for both teams to walk away at the end of the season should they so choose, and the Kings don't want to send Brodzinski down. Even if they wanted to send Andreoff down, which they don't, but even if they did, they'd be paying him NHL money in the AHL, which few teams want to do. Subban, $70k in Ontario, Andreoff would be $675k.