Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 19 ga watan Agusta, Whalers sun shiga cikin yarjejeniya uku tare da Philadelphia Flyers da Edmonton Oilers. A farkon ɓangaren yarjejeniyar, Whalers sun yi musayar mai kare Mark Howe da zagaye na uku na zagaye a cikin 1983 NHL Entry Draft zuwa Flyers don cibiyar Ken Linseman, Greg Adams, zagaye na farko a 1983 da zagaye na uku a 1983. Daga nan Hartford ya ba da Linseman da cibiyar Don Nachbaur zuwa Oilers a musayar mai kare Risto Siltanen da Brent Loney. Adams ya ga iyakantaccen aiki tare da Flyers a 1981-82, yana wasa a wasanni 33, yayin da ya zira kwallaye hudu da maki 19. A cikin wasanni 45 tare da Flyers AHL affiliate, Maine Mariners, Adams ya zira kwallaye 16 da maki 37 a wasanni 45. Adams ya kara taimakawa uku a wasanni hudu na wasan kwaikwayo tare da Maine. Tare da Oilers a 1981-82, Siltanen ya zira kwallaye 15 da maki 63 a wasanni 63, kuma ya biyo baya da kwallaye uku da maki biyar a wasanni biyar na kakar wasa. Loney ya rubuta ta Oilers a farkon lokacin rani a zagaye na uku na
Zaɓin shiga NHL na 1982. A cikin wasanni 65 tare da Cornwall Royals na OHL a lokacin kakar 1981-82, Loney ya zira kwallaye 13 da maki 25.