Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwaka unotevera, maDhiabhorosi akadonhazve pasi pe.500 uye akarasikirwa ne playoffs. Pakati pekushandurwa kwemutambi wepost-mwaka kwakaitwa naLamoriello mumwaka wepakati kwaive kusaina nyeredzi mbiri dzeSoviet <unk> Viacheslav Fetisov naSergei Starikov. MaDhiabhorosi akasarudza Fetisov makore apfuura muna 1983 Entry Draft
, asi Hurumende yeSoviet haina kubvumira Fetisov, uyo aiva nhengo yeboka renyika, kuti abve munyika. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, vaDhiabhorosi vakasayina mubatsiri waFetisov, Alexei Kasatonov.