Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ bụ onye kachasị atụ anya na-eduzi mwakpo ndị Rangers bụ Brian Bellows, ebe ọ gbara ihe mgbaru ọsọ 45 na isi 97 na egwuregwu 47, na-eduga ndị Rangers na isi ihe. Bellows gbakwunyere ihe mgbaru ọsọ 16 na ihe 29 na egwuregwu 15 nke oge. Mgbe oge ahụ gasịrị, ndị Minnesota North Stars wepụtara Bellows na nhọrọ nke abụọ n'ozuzu na draft.
1982 NHL Entry Draft. Martin Grant mechara bụrụ onye nke abụọ n'ime ndị otu na-agba bọọlụ, ebe ọ gbara goolu iri atọ na atọ na isi iri itoolu na isii n'egwuregwu iri ise na anọ. Jeff Larmer duziri Kitchener na goolu iri ise na otu, ma nweta 95 isi na egwuregwu iri anọ na itoolu. Larmer duru ndị Rangers n'ime akara post-oge, ebe ọ nwere ihe mgbaru ọsọ 21 kachasị elu na isi ihe 35 na egwuregwu 15. Na agbachitere, Al MacInnis duziri ụzọ, na-eme ihe mgbaru ọsọ 25 na isi 75 na egwuregwu 59 mgbe ọ malitere oge na Calgary Flames nke National Hockey League. Scott Stevens pụtara dị ka onye kachasị atụ anya NHL n'oge oge, ebe ọ gbara ihe mgbaru ọsọ isii na isi 42 na egwuregwu 68, ebe ọ na-agbakọta nkeji nkeji 158. Ndị Washington Capitals ga-ahọrọ Stevens na nhọrọ nke ise na 1982 NHL Entry Draft. David Shaw bụ atụmanya ọzọ dị elu na klọb ahụ, dịka n'egwuregwu 68, o nwetara ihe mgbaru ọsọ isii na isi ihe 31 site na ahịrị na-acha anụnụ anụnụ. A ga-ahọpụta Shaw na nhọrọ nke iri na atọ site na Quebec Nordiques na 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Wendell Young gbara ọtụtụ egwuregwu n'ọnụ ụzọ, na-enweta ndekọ 38-17-2 na 3.37 GAA na egwuregwu 60.