Sii wadida faqradan - Dhowr usbuuc ka dib, 3-dii Luulyo, kooxda Whalers ayaa gorgortan weyn la gashay Philadelphia Flyers. Hartford waxay u dirtay daafaca Fred Arthur, garabka midig Ray Allison, wareega koowaad iyo wareega saddexaad ee loo soo xulay 1982 NHL Entry Draft
xidiga qadka dhexe ee Philadelphia Rick MacLeish, difaaca Blake Wesley, garabka midig Don Gillen, iyo Flyers wareega koowaad, wareega labaad iyo wareega saddexaad ee doorashada 1982 NHL Entry Draft. MacLeish wuxuu ka soo baxay xilli ciyaareed uu dhaliyay 38 gool iyo 74 dhibcood 78 kulan oo uu la qaatay Flyers 1980/81. Wuxuu ku guuleystay laba Stanley Cup Championships Philadelphia 1974 iyo 1975, taas oo labadii xilli ciyaareedba uu hoggaaminayay NHL ee gool dhalinta playoff. Wesley wuxuu u qaybiyay xilli ciyaareedkii 1980/81 Flyers iyo kooxda ay ka tirsan yihiin ee American Hockey League, Maine Mariners. 50 kulan oo uu la ciyaaray Philadelphia, Wesley wuxuu dhaliyay seddex gool iyo 10 dhibcood, halka 24 kulan oo uu la ciyaaray Maine, Wesley wuxuu dhaliyay lix gool iyo 16 dhibcood, waxaana ku xigay gool iyo sagaal dhibcood sagaal kulan oo xilli ciyaareedka dambe ah Mariners. Gillen wuxuu ku qaatay xilli ciyaareedkii 1980/81 oo dhan Maine, isagoo dhaliyay 30 gool, 59 dhibcood iyo 255 daqiiqo oo ciqaab ah 79 kulan, ka hor inta uusan ku darin afar gool iyo sideed dhibcood 20 kulan oo playoff ah.