Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waAugust 19, maWhalers aibatanidzwa muchibvumirano chavatatu nePhiladelphia Flyers neEdmonton Oilers. Muchikamu chekutanga chechibvumirano, maWhalers akatengesa mudziviriri Mark Howe uye wechitatu-kutenderera dhizaini mu1983 NHL Entry Draft kune Flyers yepakati Ken Linseman, Greg Adams, wekutanga-kutenderera sarudza muna 1983 uye wechitatu-kutenderera sarudza muna 1983. Ipapo Hartford yakapa Linseman nepakati Don Nachbaur kuOilers mukutsinhana nemudziviriri Risto Siltanen naBrent Loney. Adams akaona chiito chakaganhurirwa neFlyers muna 1981-82, achitamba mumitambo makumi matatu nematatu, sezvo akarova zvibodzwa zvina nemapoinzi gumi nemapfumbamwe. Mumitambo makumi mana nemashanu neFlyers AHL mubatanidzwa, Maine Mariners, Adams akarova zvibodzwa gumi nezvitanhatu nemapoinzi makumi matatu nenomwe mumitambo makumi mana nemashanu. Adams akawedzera matatu anobatsira mumitambo mina yeplayoff neMaine. NaOilers muna 1981-82, Siltanen akarova zvibodzwa gumi nezvishanu uye mapoinzi makumi matanhatu nematatu mumitambo makumi matanhatu nematatu, uye akatevera izvo nezvibodzwa zvitatu nemapoinzi mashanu mumitambo mishanu yemwaka. Loney akanyorwa neOilers pakuvamba muzhizha mumutambo wechitatu we
1982 NHL Entry Draft. Mumitambo 65 neCornwall Royals yeOHL mumwaka wa1981-82, Loney akarova zvibodzwa gumi nematatu nemapoinzi makumi maviri nemashanu.