In March 1981 Halward was traded to Vancouver for a draft pick and future considerations, after suffering a knee injury that the Kings management felt he should have recovered from sooner. Once in Vancouver, he had surgery on the knee and joined the Canucks line-up after making a full recovery. He played the majority of the next five seasons for Vancouver before being traded to the Red Wings in November 1986. He played a few games for the Wings before being sidelined with phlebitis, and didn't return to the line-up full time until the 1987-88 season.

Halward posted a career high 130 penalty minutes, unusual for Halward who had always been known as more of an offensive defenseman than a scrapper. The 1988-89 season was his last in the NHL. He was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in January 1989, and played two dozen games for the Oilers before retiring.

Courtesy of the Hockey Hall of Fame