Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I mua i te 1987<unk>88 wa, i hokona a McLean, me Greg Adams me te waahanga tuarua (Leif Rohlin) i te 1988 NHL Entry Draft
, ki te Vancouver Canucks mo te pokapū Patrik Sundström me te tuarua- (Jeff Christian) me te tuawha o nga Canucks e whiriwhiri ana (Matt Ruchty) i 1988, i te Mahuru 15, 1987. Ko te mahi ko nga whakawhitinga nui tuatahi na nga kaiwhakahaere hou o Vancouver Canucks me New Jersey Devils Pat Quinn me Lou Lamoriello, i runga i te tikanga. Ko te hoko a McLean tētahi wāhanga nui o te tukanga hanga anō o Vancouver, nā Quinn i ārahi. I roto i nga tau e rua e whai ake nei, ka uru atu a McLean ki te whakahaere Canucks e etahi atu kohatu franchise ko Trevor Linden me Pavel Bure. I mohiotia ia e nga kaiwhaiwhai ko "Captain Kirk", e pa ana ki te kaiwhakaari Star Trek.