Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 2 ga Oktoba, Whalers sun shiga cikin kasuwanci biyu. A cikin ciniki na farko, Hartford ya sami dan wasan tsakiya na dama Doug Sulliman, mai kare Chris Kotsopoulos da mai kare Gerry McDonald daga New York Rangers a musayar Mike Rogers da zagaye na goma a cikin 1982 NHL Entry Draft
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin wasanni 32 tare da New York, Sulliman ya zira kwallaye hudu da maki biyar kafin ya zira kwallaye a wasanni uku tare da Rangers. Ya kuma buga wasanni 45 tare da New Haven Nighthawks na AHL, inda ya zira kwallaye 10 da maki 26. A matsayin rookie a 1980/81, Kotsopoulos ya bayyana a wasanni 52 tare da Rangers, ya zira kwallaye hudu, maki 16 kuma ya tara mintuna 153 na horo. A cikin wasanni 14 na bayan kakar wasa, Kotsopoulos ya sami taimako uku yayin da yake tara mintuna 63 na hukunci. McDonald ya bayyana a wasanni 70 tare da Nighthawks a 1980/81, inda ya zira kwallaye shida da maki 29. A cikin wasanni hudu na wasan kwaikwayo, an dakatar da McDonald daga takarda.