Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1994, maneja mukuru Clarke akasiya kuti ashande kuPhiladelphia Flyers; Bryan Murray akaunzwa achibva kuDetroit Red Wings somutsivi wake. Mushure meimwe bhurasho rakapfupika nemitambo, kupedzisa mwaka wekukiya-wakapfupiswa 1994 <unk> 95 mwaka zvakare mupfumbamwe, Neilson akadzingwa mushure mekukakavadzana naMurray pamusoro paEd Jovanovski, uyo akasarudzwa nePanthers senhamba yekutanga pakusarudzwa pa1994 NHL Entry Draft
. Doug MacLean, uyo akanga ari mutungamiriri wokugadzirwa kwevatambi vechikwata, akasimudzirwa kuva mudzidzisi. Chikwata chakazowana Ray Sheppard kubva kuSan Jose Sharks panguva yekupedzisira yeNHL yekutengeserana uye yakatarisa kumakwikwi ekupedzisira kwekutanga.