Canucks defenseman to miss six to eight weeks with lower-body injury

The 29-year-old has tallied two goals and three assists for five points while averaging 17:34 of ice time through 13 games this season. Soucy signed a three-year, $9.75M contract with the Canucks in the offseason, his contract has a cap hit of $3.25M.

The six-foot-five defenseman, racked up three goals and 16 points while averaging 16:18 in 78 games with the Seattle Kraken during the 2022–23 regular season. He added a goal and an assist while logging 14:35 in 14 games with the Kraken in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Minnesota Wild originally selected Soucy in the fifth round (No. 137 overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft. The Viking, Alberta product played four seasons at the University of Minnesota-Duluth before signing with the Wild in 2017.

Soucy spent parts of three seasons with the Wild before being claimed by the Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. He scored a career-high 10 goals and 21 points in 64 games with Seattle in the 2021–22 season.

Through 263 games over parts of six NHL seasons with the Wild and Kraken, Soucy has collected 23 goals and 73 points. He’s added two points (one goal, one assist) in 26 Stanley Cup playoff contests.

Meanwhile, the Canucks have recalled Akito Hirose from their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate the Abbotsford Canucks.