Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Vancouver Canucks na National Hockey League sun rubuta Sarki a zagaye na bakwai (212th gaba ɗaya) na Tsarin Shiga na 2001
, bayan da ya buga wasanni uku na Halifax Mooseheads na QMJHL. Ya sami wasu nasarori tare da 'yan uwan tagwaye Henrik da Daniel Sedin a kakar wasa ta farko tare da kungiyar, inda ya zira kwallaye 12 a 2003-04, mafi yawansu sun zo a wasannin farko na kungiyar. Wannan ya sa aka ba shi lambar yabo ta NHL Rookie na Watan don watan Nuwamba. Layin da sauri ya sami laƙabi da "Layin Mattress", saboda membobinta suna yin alama da "tagwaye biyu da sarki". Ya shafe kakar wasa ta 2004-05 yana wasa da Vancouver a lokacin AHL, Manitoba Moose, inda ya sami mummunan rauni - wanda ya dauki watanni da yawa don murmurewa.