Kọ́kọ́ parí gbólóhùn yìí:
1989 NHL Entry Draft, tí ó wáyé ní Met Center ní Bloomington, Minnesota ní June 17th, àwọn Whalers yan Bobby Holik láti Dukla Jihlava ti Czechoslovak Extraliga. Ninu awọn ere 36 lakoko akoko 1988-89, Holik gba awọn ibi-afẹde 10 ati awọn aaye 25 ni awọn ere 35. Awọn ayanfẹ pataki miiran ti Hartford ṣe pẹlu Blair Atcheynum, Jim McKenzie, James Black, Scott Daniels ati Michel Picard.