Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A kakar wasa ta gaba, a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 2008, an yi musayar LaBarbera zuwa ƙungiyar garinsa, Vancouver Canucks, don musayar zagaye na bakwai na zagaye a 2009
, cinikin da ya haifar da fitowar sabon mai tsaron gida 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.