Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ọzọ, ndị Devils dara n'okpuru.500 ọzọ ma ghara ịga egwuregwu playoff. N'ime mgbanwe ndị egwuregwu Lamoriello mere n'oge ezumike bụ mbinye aka nke kpakpando Soviet abụọ <unk> Viacheslav Fetisov na Sergei Starikov. Ndị Devils họpụtara Fetisov afọ ole na ole gara aga na
1983 Entry Draft, mana Gọọmentị Soviet ekweghị Fetisov, onye so na ndị otu mba, ịhapụ mba ahụ. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ndị Devils bịanyere aka na onye otu agbachitere Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov.