Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwaka unotevera, maDhiabhorosi akadonhazve pasi pe.500 uye akarasikirwa ne playoffs. Lamoriello akaita akawanda postseason mutambi shanduko, kunyanya kusaina maviri eSoviet nyeredzi <unk>Viacheslav Fetisov naSergei Starikov. VaDhiabhorosi vakasarudza Fetisov makore akanga apfuura mumusangano wokutanga muna 1983
, asi hurumende yeSoviet haina kubvumira Fetisov, uyo aive mukuru wemauto pamwe nenhengo yechikwata chenyika, kuti abve munyika. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, vaDhiabhorosi vakasayina mubatsiri waFetisov, Alexei Kasatonov.