Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokudzidzira musasa kutanga musi waJanuary 13, 2013, Vancouver akayeuka vatambi 12 kubva kuWolves. Vakasimbisawo dziviriro yavo kupfurikidza nokusaina NHL veterans Jim Vandermeer naCam Barker kune zvibvumirano zvegore rimwe. Vari mberi, maCanucks akanga achitarisana nokukuvadzwa mumutsara wavo wechipiri. Center Ryan Kesler, uyo akanga achiri kupora kubva pakuvhiyiwa musana uye chigunwe, aisazokwanisa kutanga mwaka; zvakanga zvisingazivikanwi kuti aizove kunze kwenguva yakareba sei achigadzirisa kukuvara. Winger David Booth akakuvadzwa panguva yokurapwa kwechikwata kuti vatange musasa. Pashure pokuita MRI pakakuvara kwake, zvakaziviswa kuti Booth aizorasikirwa namavhiki mana kusvikira kumatanhatu achipora. Alain Vigneault akataura kuti aitarisira kuchengeta mitsara yake yechitatu neyechina isina kukanganiswa, achisiya vanotsiva vanogona kunge vari, Andrew Ebbett, Jordan Schroeder naZack Kassian. Schroeder akanga ari wokutanga-kutenderera kunyorwa kweVancouver muna
2009, asi akanga asati ambotamba mumutambo weNHL. Ebbett a utility, journeyman forward akatamba mumitambo 18 yeVancouver muna 2011<unk>12. Nepo Kassian wegore rechipiri akagadzira zvibodzwa zvina bedzi mumushandirapamwe wake we rookie. Vancouver yakasarudza kutanga mwaka naEbbett ndokuisa Kassian pamutsetse wavo wechipiri. Kuti vachengete kudzika kwokuzvidzivirira, vaCanucks vakasarudza kuchengeta vadziviriri vapfumbamwe. Schroeder akatumirwa kudzokera kuvaduku kuitira kuti aite maererano ne23-murume roster uye nokuti aisazofanira kubvisa kuregererwa.