Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna June 1989, mukuru mukuru weRed Wings Jim Devellano akasvika pa
NHL Entry Draft yakatsunga "kutanga kunyorera vamwe vokuRussia". Devellano akanga akurukura mukana wekunyora Sergei Fedorov nemuridzi weRed Wings Mike Ilitch; apo Fedorov aionekwa semumwe wevatambi vechidiki vepamusoro munyika, njodzi yacho yakanga yakakwirira, sezvo pakanga pasina chivimbo chokuti aizokwanisa kuuya kuDetroit kuzotamba, kunyange dai aida. Ilitch akarayira Devellano kunyora vatambi vakanakisisa vaivapo, pasinei nokuti vaibva kupi, uye vatungamiriri vaizonetseka pamusoro pokuvaendesa.