The Vancouver Canucks are signing defenseman Carson Soucy to a three-year deal worth $3.25MM per season, reports Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli.
It was well known even before free agency started that Soucy was going to be heavily targeted by the Canucks. The team needed to dramatically improve the caliber of its blue line, and Soucy is on the heels of two impressive seasons.
After being selected by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 Expansion Draft, Soucy got quite a bit more access to ice time. In two years with Seattle, Soucy scored 13 goals and 24 assists in 124 games played, averaging just under 17 minutes a night. He became a solid sixth defenseman for the Kraken, and will likely take on the same role in Vancouver.
Two of the biggest attributes that the Canucks were attracted to with Soucy are his ability to use his body, and his above-average work on the penalty kill. In those 124 games in Seattle, Soucy tallied 216 hits, and 169 blocked shots, providing some much-needed physicality to the blue line. On the penalty kill, after finishing with a league-worst 71.60%, Soucy will be another asset the Canucks can employ to dramatically improve that number next season.
Wow
Good for Carson. Good for Ronnie for letting him go.
What a Soucy deal!
Can’t complain about term or $
LMFAO, enjoy Vancouver
Yeah. This is pretty pricey for a bottom pairing defenseman.
Hes a #4
Maybe he will be in Vancouver. He wasn’t in Seattle.