The persistent, northwesterly, progressive flow over the Great Lakes and Eastern Seaboard on the GFS/EC suites is
not a pattern that favours CONUS landfalls. The number of incoming shortwaves greatly increases the likelihood of a sharp turn OTS, subsequent to a devastating stall over the northern Bahamas. DORIAN could follow the most southerly of the EC members and still miss the East Coast of the U.S. after impacting the northern Bahamas as a very powerful hurricane. DORIAN will likely be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record ever to impact the Bahamas, especially the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama. Only one Cat-5 on record has impacted the northern Bahamas since 1851: Storm Four of 1932, the "Great Abaco" hurricane (140 knots / < 921 mb). DORIAN is very likely to attain Cat-5 status shortly and be at or near Cat-5 status while over the Bahamas, even considering the likelihood of an EWRC, given that environmental conditions will be favourable for the next two and a half to three days. We shouldn't forget that DORIAN could still be worthy of retirement even if it makes no further landfalls after the Bahamas.
Reference: 1932 Bahamas hurricane