# 1983–84 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1983–84 Winnipeg Jets season was the 12th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their fifth season in the National Hockey League. The Jets placed fourth in the Smythe to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the first round.

## Offseason

On June 8, 1983, the Jets traded former team captain Dave Christian to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals first round draft pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Christian, who lost his captaincy midway through the 1982–83 season, had 79 goals and 209 points in 230 games with Winnipeg since breaking into the NHL one week after winning the gold medal with the 1980 US Olympic Team.
At the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, the Jets first selection was with the eighth overall pick, and the team drafted winger Andrew McBain from the North Bay Centennials of the OHL. McBain had 33 goals and 120 points with the Centennials in the 1982–83 season. Six picks later, at 14th overall, which the Jets had acquired from the Washington Capitals in the Dave Christian trade, Winnipeg selected defenseman Bobby Dollas from the Laval Voisins of the QMJHL. Dollas had 16 goals and 61 points with Laval during the 1982–83 season. Later, in the fourth round, the Jets selected goaltender Bob Essensa from the Henry Carr Crusaders Jr. B team.
The Jets made a few minor transactions during the off-season, trading Norm Dupont to the Hartford Whalers for the Whalers fourth round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, and releasing Bryan Maxwell and Larry Hopkins. The Jets biggest trade was acquiring Tim Young from the Minnesota North Stars for Craig Levie and Tom Ward. Young spent eight seasons with the North Stars, and had 18 goals and 53 points in 70 games with Minnesota during the 1982–83 season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Smythe Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 57 | 18 | 5 | 446 | 314 | 119 |
| Calgary Flames | 80 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 311 | 314 | 82 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 306 | 328 | 73 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 340 | 374 | 73 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 23 | 44 | 13 | 309 | 376 | 59 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Smythe Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Calgary
—0−7−14−3−15−2−14−1−313−13−6
Edmonton
7−0−1—6−26−1−18−027−3−2
Los Angeles
3−4−12−6—4−3−10−5−39−18−5
Vancouver
2−5−11−6−13−4−1—5−2−111−17−4
Winnipeg
1−4−30−85−0−32−5−1—8−17−7
Vs. Norris Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Calgary
2−11−22−12−0−11−0−28−4−3
Edmonton
2−13−02−0−11−22−110−4−1
Los Angeles
3−02−0−11−1−11−1−10−2−17−4−4
Vancouver
1−22−11−1−11−21−0−26−6−3
Winnipeg
2−10−1−21−22−13−08−5−2
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Calgary
0−2−10−32−0−11−21−24−9−2
Edmonton
2−12−12−12−13−011−4−0
Los Angeles
0−30−2−11−22−10−33−11−1
Vancouver
0−2−10−33−02−12−17−7−1
Winnipeg
1−20−32−0−11−1−12−16−7−2
Vs. Patrick Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Calgary
2−0−13−01−21−21−0−21−29−6−3
Edmonton
2−0−10−32−10−2−13−02−19−7−2
Los Angeles
1−20−2−10−1−21−22−10−34−11−3
Vancouver
2−10−31−1–12−12−11−28−9−1
Winnipeg
2−12−11−21−22−11−29−9−0 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record | Attendance |
| 1 | T | October 5, 1983 | 6–6 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 0–0–1 | 11,348 |
| 2 | L | October 7, 1983 | 6–8 | Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 0–1–1 | 11,073 |
| 3 | T | October 9, 1983 | 1–1 OT | Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 0–1–2 | 11,108 |
| 4 | W | October 12, 1983 | 4–3 OT | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 1–1–2 | 4,095 |
| 5 | L | October 13, 1983 | 3–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 1–2–2 | 15,694 |
| 6 | L | October 15, 1983 | 1–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 1–3–2 | 13,974 |
| 7 | L | October 19, 1983 | 2–12 | Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 1–4–2 | 12,632 |
| 8 | L | October 23, 1983 | 2–5 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 1–5–2 | 10,455 |
| 9 | W | October 25, 1983 | 4–2 | @ New York Islanders (1983–84) | 2–5–2 | 14,928 |
| 10 | W | October 26, 1983 | 7–5 | @ New York Rangers (1983–84) | 3–5–2 | 17,416 |
| 11 | L | October 28, 1983 | 1–7 | @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 3–6–2 | 16,764 |
| 12 | L | October 30, 1983 | 3–7 | Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 3–7–2 | 10,803 |
| 13 | L | November 2, 1983 | 3–6 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 3–8–2 | 10,106 |
| 14 | W | November 4, 1983 | 8–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 4–8–2 | 12,994 |
| 15 | L | November 6, 1983 | 5–8 | Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 4–9–2 | 13,376 |
| 16 | W | November 9, 1983 | 7–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 5–9–2 | 11,676 |
| 17 | L | November 11, 1983 | 2–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 5–10–2 | 14,755 |
| 18 | W | November 13, 1983 | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 6–10–2 | 14,294 |
| 19 | L | November 16, 1983 | 5–6 OT | Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 6–11–2 | 10,312 |
| 20 | L | November 19, 1983 | 7–8 OT | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 6–12–2 | 14,298 |
| 21 | L | November 21, 1983 | 6–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 6–13–2 | 17,498 |
| 22 | L | November 23, 1983 | 1–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 6–14–2 | 11,220 |
| 23 | T | November 24, 1983 | 4–4 OT | @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 6–14–3 | 16,764 |
| 24 | W | November 29, 1983 | 6–5 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 7–14–3 | 7,699 |
| 25 | W | December 1, 1983 | 6–5 OT | @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 8–14–3 | 7,646 |
| 26 | W | December 4, 1983 | 7–5 | Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 9–14–3 | 9,989 |
| 27 | L | December 7, 1983 | 3–6 | @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 9–15–3 | 8,221 |
| 28 | T | December 10, 1983 | 5–5 OT | @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 9–15–4 | 10,355 |
| 29 | L | December 11, 1983 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 9–16–4 | 12,093 |
| 30 | W | December 14, 1983 | 8–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 10–16–4 | 16,298 |
| 31 | W | December 16, 1983 | 4–1 | New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 11–16–4 | 9,845 |
| 32 | L | December 18, 1983 | 5–7 | Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 11–17–4 | 15,107 |
| 33 | L | December 19, 1983 | 6–7 | @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 11–18–4 | 16,764 |
| 34 | L | December 21, 1983 | 4–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 11–19–4 | 17,498 |
| 35 | W | December 23, 1983 | 6–3 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 12–19–4 | 10,689 |
| 36 | W | December 26, 1983 | 5–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 13–19–4 | 13,573 |
| 37 | W | December 30, 1983 | 4–3 OT | New York Islanders (1983–84) | 14–19–4 | 15,294 |
| 38 | T | January 1, 1984 | 3–3 OT | Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 14–19–5 | 12,279 |
| 39 | L | January 4, 1984 | 4–9 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 14–20–5 | 12,206 |
| 40 | L | January 5, 1984 | 6–7 OT | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 14–21–5 | 17,068 |
| 41 | W | January 8, 1984 | 4–3 | Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 15–21–5 | 11,037 |
| 42 | L | January 11, 1984 | 5–9 | @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 15–22–5 | 16,764 |
| 43 | T | January 13, 1984 | 7–7 OT | Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 15–22–6 | 11,354 |
| 44 | T | January 15, 1984 | 4–4 OT | Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 15–22–7 | 11,559 |
| 45 | L | January 17, 1984 | 3–8 | @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 15–23–7 | 9,878 |
| 46 | W | January 18, 1984 | 5–4 OT | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 16–23–7 | 3,849 |
| 47 | T | January 20, 1984 | 6–6 OT | Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 16–23–8 | 12,826 |
| 48 | W | January 22, 1984 | 6–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 17–23–8 | 11,713 |
| 49 | W | January 24, 1984 | 5–3 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 18–23–8 | 15,077 |
| 50 | W | January 26, 1984 | 6–2 | @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 19–23–8 | 9,651 |
| 51 | L | January 28, 1984 | 2–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 19–24–8 | 13,840 |
| 52 | W | February 3, 1984 | 7–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 20–24–8 | 12,796 |
| 53 | T | February 5, 1984 | 2–2 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 20–24–9 | 15,579 |
| 54 | L | February 8, 1984 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1983–84) | 20–25–9 | 11,876 |
| 55 | T | February 12, 1984 | 2–2 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 20–25–10 | 11,194 |
| 56 | L | February 15, 1984 | 4–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 20–26–10 | 17,498 |
| 57 | L | February 17, 1984 | 3–6 | Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 20–27–10 | 11,680 |
| 58 | W | February 19, 1984 | 4–3 OT | Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 21–27–10 | 11,406 |
| 59 | W | February 22, 1984 | 8–5 | @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 22–27–10 | 8,889 |
| 60 | W | February 23, 1984 | 5–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 23–27–10 | 15,525 |
| 61 | W | February 25, 1984 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 24–27–10 | 14,489 |
| 62 | L | February 27, 1984 | 5–6 OT | Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 24–28–10 | 15,736 |
| 63 | L | February 29, 1984 | 3–4 | New York Islanders (1983–84) | 24–29–10 | 13,874 |
| 64 | L | March 3, 1984 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 24–30–10 | 14,649 |
| 65 | W | March 6, 1984 | 7–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 25–30–10 | 8,392 |
| 66 | L | March 7, 1984 | 3–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 25–31–10 | 13,767 |
| 67 | L | March 9, 1984 | 5–6 OT | New York Rangers (1983–84) | 25–32–10 | 12,816 |
| 68 | W | March 11, 1984 | 6–5 OT | Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 26–32–10 | 13,172 |
| 69 | W | March 12, 1984 | 8–7 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 27–32–10 | 16,382 |
| 70 | W | March 14, 1984 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 28–32–10 | 11,638 |
| 71 | W | March 16, 1984 | 5–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 29–32–10 | 11,975 |
| 72 | L | March 18, 1984 | 3–4 | Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 29–33–10 | 14,874 |
| 73 | L | March 20, 1984 | 3–9 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 29–34–10 | 14,276 |
| 74 | L | March 21, 1984 | 2–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 29–35–10 | 16,133 |
| 75 | L | March 23, 1984 | 3–4 OT | Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 29–36–10 | 14,067 |
| 76 | L | March 25, 1984 | 2–3 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 29–37–10 | 17,498 |
| 77 | T | March 27, 1984 | 3–3 OT | @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 29–37–11 | 7,367 |
| 78 | L | March 28, 1984 | 1–5 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 29–38–11 | 13,200 |
| 79 | W | March 30, 1984 | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 30–38–11 | 12,609 |
| 80 | W | April 1, 1984 | 3–2 | Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 31–38–11 | 11,410 |

## Playoffs

For the second year in a row, the Jets were swept in 3 games by the Edmonton Oilers, in the Division semi-finals.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Dale Hawerchuk | C | 80 | 37 | 65 | 102 | 73 | -14 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Lucien DeBlois | C | 80 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 50 | -15 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Laurie Boschman | C | 61 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 234 | -4 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul MacLean | RW | 76 | 40 | 31 | 71 | 155 | -15 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| Thomas Steen | C | 78 | 20 | 45 | 65 | 69 | -5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Brian Mullen | RW | 75 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 28 | -12 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Dave Babych | D | 66 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 62 | -31 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Scott Arniel | LW | 80 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 68 | -10 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Morris Lukowich | LW | 80 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 71 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Moe Mantha | D | 72 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 67 | -14 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Smail | LW | 66 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 62 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Tim Young | C | 44 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 25 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew McBain | RW | 78 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 37 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Watters | D | 74 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 169 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Picard | D | 62 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wade Campbell | D | 79 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 147 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bengt Lundholm | LW | 57 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 20 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Wilson | C | 51 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordy Douglas | LW | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Spring | D | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kyte | D | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 55 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Carlyle | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jyrki Seppa | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hayward | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lauen | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Mann | RW | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Staniowski | G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Behrend | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Dollas | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Eaves | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gibson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Trimper | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Veisor | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Doug Soetaert | 2539 | 47 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 182 | 4.30 | 0 |
| Brian Hayward | 1530 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 124 | 4.86 | 0 |
| Mike Veisor | 420 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 |
| Marc Behrend | 351 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 5.47 | 0 |
| Ed Staniowski | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4880 | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 372 | 4.57 | 0 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Brian Mullen | RW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew McBain | RW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Babych | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Hawerchuk | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Carlyle | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul MacLean | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moe Mantha | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Watters | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurie Boschman | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Smail | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Steen | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Young | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Arniel | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Behrend | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Campbell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordy Douglas | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Eaves | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kyte | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Lukowich | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Picard | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Veisor | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Marc Behrend | 121 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.46 | 0 |
| Doug Soetaert | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15.00 | 0 |
| Mike Veisor | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 181 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 5.97 | 0 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Transactions
### Trades

| August 3, 1983 | To Minnesota North StarsCraig Levie Tom Ward | To Winnipeg JetsTim Young |
| April 28, 1983 | To Montreal CanadiensSerge Savard | To Winnipeg Jets3rd round pick in 1983 – Peter Taglianetti |
| November 4, 1983 | To Montreal Canadiens3rd round pick in 1984 – Patrick Roy | To Winnipeg JetsRobert Picard |
| November 10, 1983 | To Hartford WhalersEd Staniowski | To Winnipeg JetsMike Veisor |
| January 12, 1984 | To Minnesota North StarsTim Trimper | To Winnipeg JetsJordy Douglas |
| February 6, 1984 | To Quebec NordiquesJimmy Mann | To Winnipeg Jets5th round pick in 1984 – Brent Severyn |
| March 5, 1984 | To Pittsburgh Penguins1st round pick in 1984 – Doug Bodger Moe Mantha Jr. | To Winnipeg JetsRandy Carlyle |
| June 13, 1984 | To Montreal CanadiensLucien DeBlois | To Winnipeg JetsPerry Turnbull |

### Waivers

| October 10, 1983 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsBryan Maxwell |

### Free agents

| Player | Former Team |
| Kelly Elcombe | Undrafted Free Agent |
| Doug Gibson | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Perry Pooley | Undrafted Free Agent |

## Draft picks

Winnipeg selected the following players at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal on June 8, 1983.

### NHL Amateur Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 8 | Andrew McBain (RW) | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
| 1 | 14 | Bobby Dollas (D) | Canada | Laval Voisins (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 29 | Brad Berry (D) | Canada | St. Albert Saints (AJHL) |
| 3 | 43 | Peter Taglianetti (D) | United States | Providence College (NCAA) |
| 4 | 69 | Bob Essensa (G) | Canada | Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School |
| 5 | 89 | Harry Armstrong (D) | United States | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) |
| 6 | 109 | Joel Baillargeon (LW) | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 7 | 129 | Iain Duncan (LW) | Canada | North York Rangers (OJHL) |
| 8 | 149 | Ron Pesetti (D) | United States | Western Michigan University (NCAA) |
| 9 | 169 | Todd Flichel (D) | Canada | Gloucester (OPJHL) |
| 10 | 189 | Kory Wright (FWD) | United States | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) |
| 11 | 209 | Eric Cormier (LW) | Canada | St. George's (Que.) School |
| 12 | 229 | Jamie Husgen (D) | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |

## Farm teams

Sherbrooke Jets