Editing Vancouver Canucks (section)

===Decline (1982–1987)===
After their improbable Stanley Cup run, the Canucks slipped back into mediocrity for the rest of the 1980s, making the playoffs only four times for the rest of the decade.<ref name="playoff history"/> Notable players that joined the Canucks' core following the 1982 playoffs included offensively skilled forwards [[Patrik Sundström|Patrik Sundstrom]] and [[Tony Tanti]]. Beginning in [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]], the Canucks' scoring title was held by either Sundstrom or Tanti for four of the next five seasons, the only season in which neither won the team scoring title was in [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]], when it was won by [[Petri Skriko]]. For most of the second half of the 1980s, the Canucks competed with the Los Angeles Kings for the final playoff spot in the Smythe Division. In the years in which they qualified for the playoffs, the team was eliminated in the first round by either the Edmonton Oilers (in [[1986 Stanley Cup playoffs|1986]]) or the Calgary Flames (in [[1983 Stanley Cup playoffs|1983]], [[1984 Stanley Cup playoffs|1984]] and the Flames' championship season in [[1989 Stanley Cup playoffs|1989]], which was decided in game 7), both division rivals.<ref name="playoff history"/>

[[File:Pavel Bure in Canucks uniform.jpg|left|thumb|upright|[[Pavel Bure]], became the first Canuck to win the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] in [[1991–92 NHL season|1992]] and is the only sixty-goal scorer in team history. He is regarded as the team's first superstar.]]
Following Milford's tenure as general manager from 1977 to 1982, the position was held by [[Harry Neale]] for three years, then [[Jack Gordon (ice hockey)|Jack Gordon]] for two. The latter was responsible for trading away [[power forward (ice hockey)|power forward]] [[Cam Neely]] to the [[Boston Bruins]] in 1986.<ref>Rossiter 1994, p. 62.</ref> In addition to Neely, the Canucks gave up their 1987 first-round draft pick, with which the Bruins chose [[Glen Wesley]], and in return acquired centre [[Barry Pederson]]. While Pederson collected back-to-back 70-point seasons with the Canucks in his first two seasons after the trade, he was traded away to the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] in 1989 as his performance quickly declined.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barry Alan Pederson|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11272|access-date=June 3, 2011|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}}</ref> Neely went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Bruins, recording three 50-goal seasons,<ref>{{cite web|title=Cam Neely Biography|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p200502&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo|access-date=June 3, 2011|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}}</ref> and Wesley had a solid 20-year career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glen Edwin Wesley|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11734|access-date=March 12, 2012|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}}</ref>