Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuedza kwaFletcher kuenzanisa neOilers kwakamutungamirira kukwevera tarenda kubva kunzvimbo dzakanga dzamboregeredzwa neNHL. The Flames vaiva pakati yokutanga zvikwata kusaina vazhinji U.S. kukoreji vatambi, kusanganisira Joel Otto, Gary Suter uye Colin Patterson. Fletcher akawedzerawo kutsvaka tarenda yeEuropean hockey, achiwana Hakan Loob nevamwe vatambi vanokosha. Akanga ari pakati pekutanga kutora vatambi kubva kuSoviet Union, kusanganisira CSKA Moscow nyeredzi Sergei Makarov muna 1983
, asi vatambi veSoviet havana kusunungurwa kumapoka okuMadokero kutozosvikira muna 1989. Kunyange zvakadaro, chikwata chacho chakanga chavandudzwa zvakakwana kuti chikwikwidzane neOilers, avo vaida mitambo minomwe yakakwana kuti vakunde Flames "nzira" kuenda ku1984 Stanley Cup Championship.