Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Yunin 1988, Nelson Skalbania ya yi kokarin kulla yarjejeniya da abokinsa, Edmonton Oilers mai shi Peter Pocklington don sayen Wayne Gretzky ga Canucks. Skalbania kuma yana tattaunawa da wakilin Gretzky Mike Barnett. Pat Quinn ya tabbatar da kyakkyawar makomar Canucks ta hanyar zana Trevor Linden na biyu a cikin
Shigar da daftarin, kuma zai ci gaba da wheeling da dealing cewa ya fara da suka gabata rani. Canucks kawai sun rabu da zagaye na uku a 1989 (Veli-Pekka Kautonen) don samun sabis na tsoffin sojoji Paul Reinhart da Steve Bozek daga Calgary a ranar 6 ga Satumba. Kashegari, mai kare Robert Nordmark da zagaye na biyu a 1989 (Craig Darby) ya zo daga St. Louis don Dave Richter. Canucks za su sami 'yan wasan da za su yi amfani da su a kakar wasa mai zuwa, kuma sun ba da komai don samun su. Yarjejeniyar kyauta ta Harold Snepsts ta dawo da sanannen fuska ga blueline na Canucks, kuma ba zato ba tsammani tsaro ya zama ƙarfin Canucks. Haɗe tare da ingantaccen raga daga Kirk McLean da Steve Weeks, kawai manyan gidajen Montreal da Calgary za su ba da ƙarancin burin fiye da Canucks a wannan kakar. Wannan kuma zai zama mafi kyawun tawagar da magoya bayan Vancouver suka gani a wani lokaci. Tare da Garth Butcher, Rich Sutter, Stan Smyl, Jim Sandlak, Ronnie Stern, Darryl Stanley, da kuma Snepsts a cikin layi, Vancouver ba zato ba tsammani ya zama ba mai dadi ba a kan tafiya ta yamma.