Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na June 1988, Nelson Skalbania gbalịrị ịmekọrịta nkwekọrịta ya na enyi ya, onye nwe Edmonton Oilers Peter Pocklington iji nweta Wayne Gretzky maka Canucks. Skalbania nọkwa na mkparịta ụka ya na onye nnọchi anya Gretzky bụ Mike Barnett. Pat Quinn nwetara ezigbo akụkụ nke ọdịnihu Canucks site na ịdepụta Trevor Linden nke abụọ n'ozuzu na Entry Draft
, ma ga-aga n'ihu ya wheeling na dealing na malitere n'oge okpomọkụ gara aga. Ndị Canucks nwere naanị ịhapụ onye nke atọ na 1989 (Veli-Pekka Kautonen) iji nweta ọrụ nke ndị agha Paul Reinhart na Steve Bozek si Calgary na Septemba 6. N'echi ya, onye na-agbachitere Robert Nordmark na onye nke abụọ na 1989 (Craig Darby) si St. Louis bịarute maka Dave Richter. Ndị Canucks ga-enwe ndị na-eme egwuregwu ike ha maka oge na-abịanụ n'usoro, ma hapụ ihe ọ bụla iji nweta ha. Ntinye aka nke Harold Snepsts dị ka onye nweere onwe ya weghachiri ihu a maara nke ọma na Canucks blueline, na mberede ịgbachitere yiri ka ọ bụ ike nke Canucks. E jikọtara ya na ezigbo netminding si Kirk McLean na Steve Weeks, naanị powerhouses Montreal na Calgary ga-enyefe obere ihe mgbaru ọsọ karịa Canucks n'oge a. Nke a ga-abụkwa ndị otu kachasị ike ndị Vancouver hụrụ n'oge na-adịbeghị anya. Site na Garth Butcher, Rich Sutter, Stan Smyl, Jim Sandlak, Ronnie Stern, Darryl Stanley, na Snepsts na line-up, Vancouver bụ mberede ọ bụghị ezigbo nkwụsị na njem n'okporo ụzọ ọdịda anyanwụ.