Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shekaru hudu bayan da ya yi ritaya a matsayin dan wasa, Gradin ya koma kungiyar Vancouver Canucks a matsayin mai neman 'yan wasa kafin kakar NHL ta 1994-95. Bayan shekaru hudu a wannan rawar, an ba shi girma ga Shugaban Scouting na Turai a 1998, matsayin da ya riƙe har zuwa 2007. A wannan lokacin, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin Canucks da aka tsara Daniel da Henrik (
1999), Mattias Öhlund da kuma Alexander Edler.