Sii wadida faqradan - Bishii Oktoobar 2, kooxda Whalers waxay ku lug lahaayeen labo ganacsi. Ganacsigii ugu horreeyay, Hartford waxay ka heshay garabka midig Doug Sulliman, difaaca Chris Kotsopoulos iyo difaaca Gerry McDonald oo ka yimid New York Rangers iyada oo lagu beddelay xarunta Mike Rogers iyo doorashada wareega tobnaad ee 1982 NHL Entry Draft
Waxaad 32 kulan oo uu la ciyaaray New York, Sulliman wuxuu dhaliyay afar gool iyo shan dhibcood ka hor inta uusan gool ku dhali doonin seddex kulan oo playoff ah oo uu la ciyaaray Rangers. Wuxuu sidoo kale 45 kulan la ciyaaray New Haven Nighthawks ee AHL, halkaas oo uu ku dhaliyay 10 gool iyo 26 dhibcood. Markii uu rookie ahaa 1980/81, Kotsopoulos wuxuu u muuqday 52 kulan Rangers, isagoo dhaliyay afar gool, 16 dhibcood iyo ku ururinta 153 daqiiqo oo ciqaab ah. 14 ciyaarood oo xilli ciyaareedka dambe ah, Kotsopoulos wuxuu kasbaday seddex caawin isagoo ku guuleystay 63 daqiiqo oo ganaax ah. McDonald wuxuu u soo muuqday 70 ciyaarood Nighthawks 1980/81, isagoo dhaliyay lix gool iyo 29 dhibcood. Afar ciyaarood oo playoff ah, McDonald ayaa laga saaray shaxda goolka.