Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - NHL Entry Draft inoitwa muna June gore roga roga, ichibvumira zvikwata kusarudza vatambi vanenge vapedza makore 18 okuberekwa musi waSeptember 15 wegore rinoitwa mutambo wacho. Hurongwa hwekunyorwa hunotsanangurwa nehurongwa hwemwaka wapfuura wekupedza, nezvikwata zvisiri-zvemutambo zvinotanga kutanga, zvichiteverwa nezvikwata zvakaita playoffs, nehurongwa chaihwo hunotsanangurwa nenhamba yemapoinzi akawanikwa nechikwata chimwe nechimwe. NHL inobata rotari yakaenzana nokuda kwamapoka 14 asiri-playoff, kubvumira mukundi kufambira mberi kunhamba yokutanga yose. Chikwata chine mapoinzi mashoma ndicho chine mukana wakanyanya wokukunda rotari, uye chikwata chimwe nechimwe chinotevera chinopiwa mukana wakaderera wokukwira mumutsetse. Pakati pa1986 na1994, NHL yakabatawo Supplemental Draft yevatambi mumakoreji eAmerica. Detroit's first draft pick akanga ari Peter Mahovlich, akatorwa wechipiri wose mu1963 NHL Amateur Draft. MaRed Wings akasarudza kutanga chose katatu, achisarudza Claude Gauthier muna 1964, Dale McCourt muna 1977, naJoe Murphy muna 1986
. McCourt naMurphy vose vakapedza nguva muNHL neDetroit, asi Gauthier haana kutombotamba muligi racho. Makumi gumi nemaviri akaenderera mberi achitamba mitambo yeNHL inopfuura chiuru, nepo vaviri veava, Nicklas Lidstrom naSteve Yzerman, vakatamba mumitambo inodarika chiuru nemazana mashanu, vese vachipedza basa ravo rese reNHL muDetroit.