Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hanuere 17, 1999, i muri i nga tau e toru me te hawhe me nga Panthers, i hokona a Jovanovski i roto i te mahi whitu ki nga Vancouver Canucks. I tonoa ia ki a Dave Gagner, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes me tētahi kōwhiringa tuatahi o te Draft i
2000 (Nathan Smith) hei utu mo Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican, Brad Ference me te waahanga tuatoru i te tau 2000 (Robert Fried). I te whakauru atu ki nga Canucks i waenga i te waa hangahanga mo te raihana, ka tere te whakapumautia e Jovanovski hei kaitiaki matua i te rarangi o Vancouver. Ko tana kaha ki te whakauru atu ki te rerenga hei kaitiaki ka whakaoti i te momo taakaro a te Canucks.