Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'October 2, ndị Whalers tinyere aka n'azụmahịa abụọ. Na ahia mbụ, Hartford nwetara onye na-agba aka nri Doug Sulliman, onye na-agbachitere Chris Kotsopoulos na onye na-agbachitere Gerry McDonald site na New York Rangers na mgbanwe maka etiti Mike Rogers na nhọrọ nke iri na 1982 NHL Entry Draft
Ọ dị mma. N'egwuregwu iri atọ na abụọ ya na New York, Sulliman gbara goolu anọ na isi ise tupu ọ gbaa goolu n'egwuregwu atọ nke playoff ya na ndị Rangers. Ọ gakwara n'egwuregwu 45 na New Haven Nighthawks nke AHL, ebe o nyere goolu 10 na isi 26. Dị ka onye rookie na 1980/81, Kotsopoulos pụtara na egwuregwu 52 na ndị Rangers, na-eme ihe mgbaru ọsọ anọ, ihe 16 ma na-agbakọta minit 153. N'egwuregwu iri na anọ, Kotsopoulos nyere aka atọ mgbe ọ na-emechi nkeji iri isii na atọ. McDonald pụtara n'egwuregwu 70 na Nighthawks n'afọ 1980/81, na-agba goolu isii na isi iri abụọ na itoolu. N'egwuregwu anọ nke playoff, a hapụrụ McDonald na mpempe akwụkwọ.