Cika wannan jumla:
1983 Wings sun zabi Steve Yzerman, mai tsakiya daga Cranbrook, British Columbia. Ya jagoranci tawagar a zira kwallaye a shekararsa ta farko, kuma ya fara hawan Wings zuwa saman. A wannan kakar, tare da John Ogrodnick ya zira kwallaye sau 42 da Ivan Boldirev da Ron Duguay suma tare da lokutan 30 da aka zira kwallaye, Detroit sun yi wasan karshe a karon farko cikin shekaru shida. Defenseman Brad Park, wanda aka samo daga Boston Bruins a cikin kasuwar 'yanci na 1983, ya kuma taimaka wa Wings ya kai ga postseason kuma ya ƙare ya lashe Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy a wannan kakar.