Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Tekau mā rua rā i muri mai i te 15 o Hōngongoi, 1981, i uru ngā Jets ki tētahi kirimana tokotoru ki ngā Colorado Rockies me Vancouver Canucks. I whakawhitihia e Winnipeg a Ivan Hlinka ki te Vancouver Canucks mō Brent Ashton me te kōwhiringa tuawhā o te Canucks i te tau kotahi mano tekau mā iwa
Ko te 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Na ka whakawhitihia e nga Jets a Ashton me to raatau waahanga tuatoru i te 1982 NHL Entry Draft ki te Colorado Rockies mo Lucien DeBlois. I eke a DeBlois ki nga whaainga 26 me nga tohu 42 i roto i nga keemu 74 me Colorado i te waa 1980-81.