Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin yin NHL, Playfair ya taka leda a Fort Saskatchewan Traders wanda ke arewacin Edmonton. Ya buga wa Edmonton Oilers da Chicago Blackhawks a cikin aikinsa. Babban ɗan'uwansa Larry Playfair yana da halaye iri ɗaya - duka an tsara su a zagaye na farko na NHL Entry Draft (Larry a 1978 da Jim a 1982
), kuma duka biyun sun buga wasan hockey na matasa don Portland Winter Hawks na Western Hockey League. Duk da haka, Larry ya taka leda a wasanni 688 na NHL; Jim don 21.