Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pipiri 1988, i ngana a Nelson Skalbania ki te whakarite i tetahi kirimana me tana hoa, te rangatira o Edmonton Oilers a Peter Pocklington ki te hoko i a Wayne Gretzky mo nga Canucks. I kōrero hoki a Skalbania ki te māngai a Gretzky, a Mike Barnett. Ko Pat Quinn te mea nui o te heke mai o ngā Canucks mā te kōwhiri i a Trevor Linden hei tuarua o te katoa i te tīmatanga
Entry Draft, a ka haere tonu tona wira me te hokohoko i timata i te raumati o mua. Ko te Canucks anake i wehe atu i te waahanga tuatoru i te tau 1989 (Veli-Pekka Kautonen) ki te whiwhi i nga ratonga a nga hoia tawhito a Paul Reinhart me Steve Bozek mai i Calgary i te Mahuru 6. I te ra i muri mai, ka tae mai te kaitautoko a Robert Nordmark me tetahi waahanga tuarua i te tau 1989 (Craig Darby) mai i St. Louis mo Dave Richter. Ko te tikanga ka whai nga Canucks i o ratou kaitakaro kaha mo te wa e haere mai ana, a kaore i tino hoatu tetahi mea hei tiki i a raatau. Ko te hainatanga koreutu o Harold Snepsts i hoki mai he kanohi mohio ki te raina puru o Canucks, a, ohorere ana te tiaki i te kaha o nga Canucks. Ka honoa ki ngā pūkenga pai mai i a Kirk McLean rāua ko Steve Weeks, ko Montreal rāua ko Calgary anake ngā toa kaha, ka iti ake ngā whāinga i te Canucks i tēnei tau. Koinei hoki te kapa tino kaha i kite ai ngā kaiwhaiwhai o Vancouver i roto i te wā roa. Na Garth Butcher, Rich Sutter, Stan Smyl, Jim Sandlak, Ronnie Stern, Darryl Stanley, me Snepsts i roto i te rarangi, kaore a Vancouver i tino pai ki te haerenga ki te hauauru.