Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: NHL Entry Draft inoitwa gore roga roga muna June, ichibvumira zvikwata kusarudza vatambi vanenge vatendeuka makore gumi nemasere muna September 15 mugore iro kunyorwa kunoitwa. 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. VaRed Wings vakasarudza kutanga chose katatu, kusarudza Claude Gauthier muna 1964, Dale McCourt muna 1977, uye Joe Murphy muna
1986 (mashoko omuzasi). 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.