Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 27 ga watan Agusta, Blackhawks sun sanya hannu kan mai tsaron baya Gary Nylund zuwa kwangilar shekara uku da ta kai kimanin $ 620,000. Nylund, wanda zai cika shekaru 23 a farkon kakar wasa, ya bayyana a wasanni 79 tare da Toronto Maple Leafs a 1985-86, inda ya zira kwallaye biyu da maki 18 yayin da ya tara mintuna 180 na horo. A cikin wasanni 10 na wasan, yana da taimako biyu. Daga nan sai Blackhawks suka aika da Ken Yaremchuk, Jerome Dupont da kuma zagaye na huɗu na zagaye a cikin
1987 NHL Entry Draft zuwa Maple Leafs a matsayin diyya don sanya hannu kan Nylund.