Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekugadzwa kweaimbove mudziviriri weCanucks Pat Quinn semaneja mukuru muzhizha ra1987, timu yakaita danho rekugadzirisa nekukurumidza, kuchinjanisa ma veterans epakati nevatarisiri vadiki nevatambi. Pakati pezvimwe zvibvumirano zvakakosha kwaive nechibvumirano neNew Jersey Devils, umo Sundstrom akatengeswa kure mukutsinhana winger Greg Adams uye muchengeti wepagedhi Kirk McLean. Mukuwedzera kune kutengeserana kwaQuinn, boka racho rakavandudza kuburikidza nenzira yekugadzira nevasarudzo vaviri, kunyanya. Nechisarudzo chechipiri chose mu1988 NHL Entry Draft, maCanucks akasarudza winger Trevor Linden kubva kuWestern Hockey League (WHL). Gore rakatevera
, chikwata chakaita sarudzo ine nharo nekusarudza winger weRussia Pavel Bure 113th yakazara; Bure akatendwa nezvikwata zvakawanda kuti haakwanise kusarudzwa gore iro. Somuuyo, kunyorwa kwake neCanucks kwakatora gore kuti riongororwe neNHL sezvo manejimendi echikwata akaenda nezvekuwana magwaro kuratidza kukodzera kwake.