{"id":434263,"date":"2023-11-14T19:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=434263"},"modified":"2023-11-15T23:41:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T04:41:46","slug":"carson-soucy-out-weeks-lower-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/11\/14\/carson-soucy-out-weeks-lower-body-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson Soucy Out for Six to Eight Weeks With Lower-Body Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canuck<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/soucyca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carson Soucy<\/a><\/strong> is going to be out &#8220;week-to-week&#8221; with a lower-body injury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/canucks-soucy-out-week-to-week-hirose-recalled-from-ahl-abbotsford\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the team<\/a>. The latest update has the timetable approximately six to eight weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that defenceman Carson Soucy will be out six to eight weeks with a lower body injury.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canucks\/status\/1724857335980675308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;The guys have embraced what we\u2019re trying to do. We have a long way to go but the communication with the group is outstanding. If there\u2019s a problem, we deal with it and they\u2019re not afraid to hear it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3 Coach Tocchet speaks on injury updates, importance of practice, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ixfqgO3TdW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ixfqgO3TdW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canucks\/status\/1724542638198792643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Carson Soucy Out with Injury, Hirose Recalled<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Soucy left the game against the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Montreal Canadiens<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0on Sunday having played just 8:26. Regular partner\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/myersty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tyler Myers<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0was also injured on the series but returned to finish the game. While Myers didn&#8217;t practice today, coach\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tocchri01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rick Tocchet<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0said he would be available on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Although he averages just under 17 minutes of ice time, Soucy has been a huge part of Vancouver&#8217;s return to respectability. He and Myers have worked well enough together to become a reliable pairing without either getting elevated beyond their abilities.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He&#8217;s not only helped at five-on-five but is also part of the reason the Canucks penalty kill is a dozen places higher than last season. Adding two goals and five points in 13 games, while nice, is just icing on the cake compared to the stability he provides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Soucy was signed to a three-year, AAV $3.25 million contract as soon as free agency opened last Summer. The Canucks had plenty of opportunities to scout him, as he was one of the original\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/seattle-kraken\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seattle Kraken<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. He was selected from the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Minnesota Wild<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in 2021&#8217;s expansion draft and played in Seattle for the next two years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What Comes Next<\/h3>\n<p>The Canucks placed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/studnja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Studnicka<\/a><\/strong> on waivers with the intent to send him to Abbotsford. In return, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hirosak01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Akito Hirose<\/a><\/strong> has been called up to replace Soucy. While Hirose doesn&#8217;t bring the 6&#8217;5&#8243; Soucy&#8217;s physical attributes, coaches and fans liked what they saw of him last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hirose had three assists in his seven-game trial run at the end of 2022-23. This year, he&#8217;s played two games with the big club before getting replaced by more experienced defenders. His time in Abbotsford doesn&#8217;t look like much (zeroes across the board) but his calm demeanour makes him reliable.\u00a0Getting points will matter even less in Vancouver than with the AHL club. What the team wants from him is predictability. And at 24 years old, that could be his ticket to a permanent job in the NHL. How extended his opportunity will be this time depends on how seriously he takes it.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver Canuck Carson Soucy is going to be out &#8220;week-to-week&#8221; with a lower-body injury according to the team. The latest update has the timetable approximately six to eight weeks. General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that defenceman Carson Soucy will be out six to eight weeks with a lower body injury. &mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":434266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4547,34,4548],"tags":[7844,4454,158],"class_list":["post-434263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canucks","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-akito-hirose","tag-carson-soucy","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}