Canucks Derek Forbort Details His Battle With Injuries This Season & Potential Future In The NHL

The 2025-26 season was a complicated one for Derek Forbort. The Vancouver Canucks defenceman played the first two games of the campaign, but did not play again for the rest of the year due to what the club originally called "maintenance". Add in very few updates from the team throughout the season, and Forbort's injury was a perplexing mystery for the last six months.

Fans and media finally got some clarity on what exactly Forbort was dealing with as he spoke during the year-end availabilities. The 34-year-old detailed some of the procedures he underwent, which included a Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection. In his answer, Forbort also included a timeline of when he started dealing with injury issues.

"Yeah, kind of started before training camp," said Forbort. "Started having some hip issues. Was able to get through training camp with a Cortisone injection that kind of wore off. Ended up doing like a PRP injection in Toronto. Had a pretty bad reaction to that. And then, kind of once that calmed down, we were just trying to rehab. Tried a bunch of things, and then it just kind of got to the point where had to get the labral tear in my hip fixed, and so I had surgery for that, and, yeah, just been rehabbing now."

There is also a mental component to rehabbing an injury. The longer a player is out, the more frustrated they can become, especially if they suffer a setback. As Forbort explained, it was very difficult having to watch the season from the sideline, especially as the organization was struggling on the ice.

"I mean, it sucks. When you're doing everything you can to try and get back and help the boys, and it's just not going the way you want it to. And you know, the team's kind of struggling, and you want to be out there helping, and so that part sucks. But, yeah, I've a good group of guys, lot of good friends on the team, that kind of help you get through it."