Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna June 1988, Nelson Skalbania akaedza kuita chibvumirano neshamwari yake, muridzi weEdmonton Oilers Peter Pocklington kuti awane Wayne Gretzky weCanucks. Skalbania akanga achitaurawo nomumiririri waGretzky Mike Barnett. Pat Quinn akawana mugove wakanaka wenguva yemberi yeCanucks nokunyora Trevor Linden wechipiri wose muEntry Draft
, uye aizopfuuridzira kutenderera kwake nokutengesa izvo zvakanga zvatanga muzhizha rakapfuura. VaCanucks vaifanira kungosiyana nechisarudzo chechitatu-kutenderera muna 1989 (Veli-Pekka Kautonen) kuti vawane mabasa eva veterans Paul Reinhart naSteve Bozek kubva kuCalgary musi waGunyana 6. Zuva rakatevera racho, mudziviriri Robert Nordmark uye wechipiri-kutenderera kusarudza muna 1989 (Craig Darby) akasvika achibva kuSt. Louis nokuda kwaDave Richter. VaCanucks vaizova nevatambi vavo vane simba nokuda kwemwaka unouya, uye havana kurega chinhu chipi nechipi kuti vavawane. Kusayina kwaHarold Snepsts semunhu akasununguka kwakadzorera chiso chinozivikanwa kuCanucks blueline, uye pakarepo kudzivirira kwakaratidzika kuva simba reCanucks. Pamwe chete nokuronga kwakanaka kwaKirk McLean naSteve Weeks, zvikwata zvine simba zvikuru zveMontreal neCalgary ndizvo chete zvaizopa zvibodzwa zvishoma kudarika zveCanucks mwaka uno. Iri raizovawo boka rine ushingi zvikurusa iro vateveri veVancouver vakanga vaona kwenguva yakati. NaGarth Butcher, Rich Sutter, Stan Smyl, Jim Sandlak, Ronnie Stern, Darryl Stanley, uye Snepsts vari mumutsetse, Vancouver pakarepo yakanga isiri nzvimbo inofadza kwazvo parwendo rwomugwagwa rwokuMadokero.