Ka kammala wannan magana: Bayan makonni biyu, a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 'yan wasan Whalers sun yi ciniki da Philadelphia Flyers. Hartford ta tura mai tsaron baya Fred Arthur, mai tsaron gefen dama Ray Allison, zagaye na farko da zagaye na uku na zagaye daga
1982 NHL Entry Draft zuwa Philadelphia don cibiyar Rick MacLeish, mai kare Blake Wesley, mai tsaron dama Don Gillen, da Flyers zagaye na farko, zagaye na biyu da zagaye na uku a cikin 1982 NHL Entry Draft. MacLeish yana fitowa ne daga kakar da ya zira kwallaye 38 da maki 74 a wasanni 78 tare da Flyers a 1980/81. Ya lashe gasar cin kofin Stanley guda biyu tare da Philadelphia a 1974 da 1975, wanda a cikin duka lokutan biyu ya jagoranci NHL a wasan wasan kwaikwayo. Wesley ya raba lokacin 1980/81 tsakanin Flyers da ƙungiyarsu ta Hockey League ta Amurka, Maine Mariners. A cikin wasanni 50 tare da Philadelphia, Wesley ya zira kwallaye uku da maki 10, yayin da a wasanni 24 tare da Maine, Wesley ya zira kwallaye shida da maki 16, sannan kuma ya zira kwallaye daya da maki tara a wasanni tara na bayan kakar wasa tare da Mariners. Gillen ya shafe tsawon kakar wasa ta 1980/81 tare da Maine, inda ya zira kwallaye 30, maki 59 da mintuna 255 a cikin wasanni 79, kafin ya kara da kwallaye hudu da maki takwas a wasanni 20 na wasan.