Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kukodzera kweNHL Entry Draft kunoda kuti vatambi vave nemakore gumi nemasere munaGunyana 15 mugore iro dhizaini inoitwa, kusanganisa vatambi vane makore anopfuura makumi maviri ekuberekwa pamberi paZvita 31 wegore rimwe chetero, iyo yekupedzisira isingashande kune vasiri veNorth America vatambi. Urongwa hwekunyorwa hunotsanangurwa nehurongwa hwemwaka wapfuura wekupedza: zvikwata zvisiri-playoff zvinoronga kutanga muhurongwa hwekuiswa munzvimbo, zvichiteverwa nezvikwata zvakakwikwidza mumwaka wepositi iyo hurongwa hwayo hunotsanangurwa nemhedzisiro ye Stanley Cup playoffs. Kamwe mwaka wenguva dzose wapera, rotari inoremerwa inoitirwa zvikwata gumi nezvina zvinorasikirwa nemitambo, zvichipa zvikwata mukana wekukwira kuenda kunzvimbo yepamusoro kusanganisira yekutanga sarudzo. Kubvira muna 1995 kusvika muna 2012, chikwata chaikunda rotari chaigona kungokwidziridzwa kusvika pazvikamu zvina chete, zvichiita kuti zvimwe zvikwata zvisakwanisa kukunda rotari. Munguva iyoyo, Islanders yakahwina rotari kaviri, ichigamuchira sarudzo yepamusoro nguva mbiri (2000 na2009
ChiGerman) Chikwata chakapedza chekupedzisira mumakwikwi mumwaka wa2000-01, asi chakasarudzwa chechipiri mudhirowa mushure mekunge Atlanta Thrashers yakahwina rotari.