Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbalị Fletcher mere iji soro ndị Oilers mee ihe dugara ya n'ịdọta ndị nwere nkà site n'akụkụ ndị NHL leghaara anya na mbụ. The Flames so n'otu n'ime ndị otu mbụ bịanyere aka n'ọtụtụ ndị egwuregwu kọleji US, gụnyere Joel Otto, Gary Suter na Colin Patterson. Fletcher mekwara ka ọchụchọ maka talent hockey Europe dịkwuo elu, na-enweta Hakan Loob na ndị egwuregwu ndị ọzọ dị mkpa. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị mbụ wepụtara ndị egwuregwu si Soviet Union, gụnyere CSKA Moscow kpakpando Sergei Makarov na 1983
, mana ndị egwuregwu Soviet anaghị ahapụ ndị otu Western ruo 1989. Ka o sina dị, ndị otu ahụ ka mma iji maa ndị Oilers aka, ndị chọrọ egwuregwu asaa kachasị iji merie Flames "n'ụzọ" na 1984 Stanley Cup Championship.