A kakar wasa ta gaba, a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 2008, an yi musayar LaBarbera zuwa kungiyar garinsa, Vancouver Canucks, a musayar zagaye na bakwai a cikin
2009, cinikin da ya haifar da fitowar mai tsaron raga mai suna Jonathan Quick. Canucks sun yi ciniki don LaBarbera saboda raunin da ya faru ga Roberto Luongo da kuma goyon bayan Curtis Sanford. LaBarbara ya sami nasararsa ta farko tare da Canucks a wasan farko na kulob dinsa, inda ya yi kariya 31 a nasarar 2 zuwa 1 a kan Nashville Predators a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2009.