Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 19 ga Disamba, 1995, kasa da watanni shida bayan taimakawa aljanu su kama Stanley Cup, an yi musayar Dowd (tare da wani
1997 zagaye na biyu na zagaye) zuwa Hartford Whalers a musayar Jocelyn Lemieux da zagaye na biyu a 1998. Daga baya a wannan rana, Hartford ya yi musayar Dowd (tare da František Kučera da kuma zagaye na biyu a 1997) zuwa Vancouver Canucks a musayar Jeff Brown da zagaye na biyar a 1998. Dowd zai buga wasanni 38 ne kawai a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun da kuma wasan wasa daya don Canucks.