Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mambo akasarudzwa neVancouver Canucks yeNational Hockey League mumutambo wechinomwe (212th yose) ye 2001 Entry Draft
, mushure mekutamba mwaka mitatu yeHalifax Mooseheads yeQMJHL. Akawana kumwe kubudirira achitamba nevanun'una mapatya Henrik naDaniel Sedin mumwaka wake wekutanga wakazara nechikwata, achinyoresa zvibodzwa gumi nezviviri muna 2003-2004, chikamu chikuru chaive mumitambo mishoma yekutanga yechikwata. Izvi zvakamutungamira kuti apiwe mubairo weNHL Rookie weMwedzi wemwedzi waNovember. Mutsara wakakurumidza kuwana zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "The Mattress Line", nekuda kwenhengo dzayo dzaifananidzira "mapatya maviri namambo". Akapedza mwaka wa2004-05 achitambira Vancouver panguva iyoyo-AHL vanobatana, iyo Manitoba Moose, kwaakatambura nekushungurudzika kwakakomba - imwe yakamutora mwedzi yakawanda kuti apore kubva.