Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Izu ole na ole mgbe e mesịrị, na July 3, ndị Whalers sonyere n'otu azụmahịa dị egwu na Philadelphia Flyers. Hartford zigara onye na-agbachitere Fred Arthur, onye na-agba aka nri Ray Allison, nke mbụ na nke atọ na-ahọrọ site na 1982 NHL Entry Draft
na Philadelphia maka etiti Rick MacLeish, onye na-agbachitere Blake Wesley, onye na-agba aka nri Don Gillen, na Flyers nke mbụ, nke abụọ na nke atọ na-ahọrọ na 1982 NHL Entry Draft. MacLeish na-abịa n'oge oge ọ gbara ihe mgbaru ọsọ 38 na isi ihe 74 na egwuregwu 78 na Flyers na 1980/81. O meriri iko Stanley Cup abụọ na Philadelphia na 1974 na 1975, nke n'oge abụọ ọ na-eduga NHL na playoff na-agba. Wesley kewara oge 1980/81 n'etiti ndị Flyers na ndị mmekọ American Hockey League ha, ndị Maine Mariners. Na egwuregwu 50 na Philadelphia, Wesley gbara goolu atọ na isi iri, ebe n'egwuregwu 24 na Maine, Wesley gbara goolu isii na isi iri na isii, sochiri otu goolu na isi itoolu na egwuregwu itoolu na Mariners. Gillen nọrọ oge 1980-81 niile na Maine, na-agbakọ ihe mgbaru ọsọ 30, ihe 59 na nkeji ntaramahụhụ 255 na egwuregwu 79, tupu ịgbakwunye ihe mgbaru ọsọ anọ na isi asatọ na egwuregwu 20 nke egwuregwu.