Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Da kansa, dan wasan Rasha Sergei Makarov, wanda Flames ta zaba a 1983
, an ba shi izinin barin Tarayyar Soviet kuma ya taka leda a NHL. Makarov ya gama na 4 a cikin ƙungiyar da ke zira kwallaye da maki 86. Makarov mai shekaru 32 ya kama Calder Memorial Trophy a matsayin rookie na NHL na shekara. Zaɓin ya kasance mai rikitarwa, kamar yadda Makarov ya buga wasanni 11 a cikin Soviet Union kafin ya shiga Flames. A sakamakon haka, gasar ta canza dokoki don lokutan da suka biyo baya, yana mai cewa 'yan wasan da ba su kai shekara 26 ba ne kawai za su cancanci samun kyautar.