Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1989 NHL Entry Draft
, wanda aka gudanar a Cibiyar Met a Bloomington, Minnesota a ranar 17 ga Yuni, Whalers sun zabi Bobby Holik daga Dukla Jihlava na Czechoslovak Extraliga. A wasanni 36 a lokacin kakar 1988-89, Holik ya zira kwallaye 10 da maki 25 a wasanni 35. Sauran sanannun zaɓuɓɓukan da Hartford ya yi sun haɗa da Blair Atcheynum, Jim McKenzie, James Black, Scott Daniels da Michel Picard.