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Los Angeles Kings Acquire Jordan Subban

December 8, 2017 at 8:06 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 5 Comments

In the middle of the night, the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks swung a trade to address their various needs. The Kings traded forward Nic Dowd to the Canucks in exchange for defense prospect Jordan Subban. The deal is one-for-one, without any salary retention or draft picks headed in either direction.

Subban, 22, is the youngest brother of Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban and Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Malcolm Subban. Drafted in the fourth round in 2013, the junior Subban has yet to make his NHL debut and has struggled to find much defensive consistency in the minor leagues. A talented offensive player, he doesn’t have the same size as his brothers and struggles at times in his own end.

Still, there is upside left in the right-handed defenseman. Young enough that there is still time to mature his game and make an impact at the NHL level, he’s a worthwhile lottery ticket for a Kings organization known for developing late-round picks.

Dowd, 27, will give the Canucks some help at center while Bo Horvat and Brandon Sutter deal with injury. Dowd recorded 22 points as a rookie last season, but has just a single assist on the year through 16 games and hasn’t shown much more than being a big body for the Kings. Los Angeles has dealt with their own center depth issues, but apparently felt it was worth it to acquire the young Subban.

Interestingly, Subban will be a restricted free agent this summer as he comes out of his entry-level deal, while Dowd will hit the open market as a UFA. While he could obviously re-sign with the Canucks, this is a bit of a “win-now” move in order to keep their heads above water after learning of Horvat’s injury. Though Subban is far from a sure thing, it’s not often that teams give up on 22-year old defensemen to secure a depth forward.

The early success of the Canucks may have changed their minds slightly over this season, pulling their focus from a rebuild. Though they moved rental pieces last trade deadline to add prospect depth, they’ve now done the opposite in 2017-18.

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  1. acarneglia

    8 years ago

    Is there any more subban brothers?

    Reply
    • padam

      8 years ago

      That was my thought. How many are there…?

      Reply
      • Jimmykinglive

        8 years ago

        Jordan is the last one

        Reply
  2. Doc Halladay

    8 years ago

    Their was a pre-season game I watched, can’t remember if it was this pre-season or last pre-season, but Subban was an absolute train wreck in his own end. He was pretty well responsible for 3 consecutive goals on 3 straight shifts because he just didn’t have the awareness or the instincts to know where he should be in his own end. Normally when this sort of bad play happens to a player, it’s a relatively isolated incident but these issues go all the way back to Subban’s junior days. I’ve often wondered if he’d be better off as a forward than as a defender.

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  3. WalkersDayOff

    8 years ago

    Kings are hoping to hit the jackpot and he turns into half the player PK is

    Reply

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