Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mua i te tau 1987/88, i hokona a McLean, me Greg Adams me tetahi waahanga tuarua (Leif Rohlin) i roto i te
1988 NHL Entry Draft, ki te Vancouver Canucks mo te pokapū Patrik Sundström me te Canucks tuarua- (Jeff Christian) me te tuawha-a tawhio noa draft (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.