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The news of Derek Dorsett having to retire from the NHL due to injury was the big story this morning.

It hit his teammates hard, and Dorsett harder, as they tried to come to terms with one of their brothers having to leave a hockey career early, not on his own terms.

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Upon hearing news like that, it’s not hard to imagine that the Canucks were fired up for the game against the Predators.

Not only did they want to show they were a better team than the one that showed up against the Islanders, but also to win one for Derek Dorsett.

A sentimental gesture to leave everything out on the ice for their fallen comrade, just the way he would have played it.

And man alive, if you wanted to watch a game based after Dorsett’s career, this would have been it.

The Canucks looked sloppy at times. At one point it looked like the Predators were going to run away with this one.

But the Canucks, drawing on their inner Dorsett, put their mouthguards in, and settled in for a fight.