Canucks forward Derek Dorsett playing better than ever after scary injury
VANCOUVER — Derek Dorsett spent a recent day off playing with his kids in a gymnastics studio.
That physical activity, however light, would have been next to impossible last winter.
The bruising Vancouver Canucks forward was shut down 14 games into the 2016-17 season when the numbness he often felt after taking or receiving a hit was beginning to get progressively worse.
Those “stingers” were lasting longer and longer, sometimes more than a day, with doctors believing a bulging disc might be the issue. But when both of Dorsett’s arms went numb on a harmless-looking play against the Arizona Coyotes on Nov. 17, 2016, it became clear the situation was more serious.