Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan shigar da tsohon mai tsaron gidan Canucks Pat Quinn a matsayin babban manajan a lokacin bazara na 1987, ƙungiyar ta shiga cikin tsarin sake ginawa nan da nan, ta musayar tsoffin tsoffin sojoji don samari masu fata da 'yan wasa. Daga cikin mahimman ma'amaloli shine yarjejeniya tare da New Jersey Devils, wanda aka yi ciniki da Sundstrom a musayar winger Greg Adams da goalie Kirk McLean. Baya ga cinikin Quinn, ƙungiyar ta inganta ta hanyar zaɓaɓɓen hanya tare da zaɓi biyu, musamman. Tare da zaɓi na biyu a cikin 1988 NHL Entry Draft, Canucks ya zaɓi winger Trevor Linden daga Western Hockey League (WHL). Ƙungiyar
A shekara mai zuwa, ƙungiyar ta yi zaɓi mai rikitarwa ta hanyar zaɓar ɗan wasan tsakiya na Rasha Pavel Bure na 113 a gaba ɗaya. Yawancin kungiyoyi sun yi imanin cewa Bure bai cancanci zaɓar wannan shekarar ba. Sakamakon haka, Canucks ya ɗauki shekara guda don tabbatar da gasar yayin da ƙungiyar gudanarwa ta tafi game da samar da takardu don tabbatar da cancantarsa.