Waihanga i tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga The Oilers i oti te wā tuatoru i roto i te Rōpū Smythe, kātahi ka whakakorea e ngā Kingi a Gretzky i te rauna tuatahi o ngā whiringa toa i ngā kēmu e whitu.
O te akoranga, he putanga atu matatini o te rerenga ko "te Oilers oti te wa tuatoru i roto i te Smythe Division, a ka i whakakorea e Kingi Gretzky o i roto i te rauna tuatahi o te playoffs i roto i whitu kēmu, i muri Sather whakarerea tona taitara o te kaiako matua engari tonu kaiwhakahaere whānui o te Oilers. "