Expansion Draft. Sidorkiewicz posted a 9-19-6 record with a 3.34 GAA and a .882 save percentage with the Whalers in 1991-92, while Atcheynum scored 16 goals and 37 points in 62 games with the Springfield Indians of the AHL during the 1991-92 season. The Whalers participated in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 20. With their first round selection, ninth overall, Hartford selected Róbert Petrovický from Dukla Trencin of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League. In 33 games, Petrovicky scored 17 goals and 42 points with the club. In the second round, with the 47th overall selection, the Whalers selected Andrei Nikolishin from Dynamo Moscow of the Soviet Championship League. In six games, Nikolishin scored a goal during the 1991-92 season. He played a majority of the season with Dynamo Moscow II, where he scored 22 goals and 37 points in 36 games. Other players the Whalers selected in the draft that would play in the NHL include Jan Vopat, Kevin Smyth, Jason McBain, Ken Belanger, and Steven Halko. On June 29, the Whalers announced that Mikael Andersson would be leaving the club, as he agreed to a contract as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andersson scored 18 goals and 47 points in 74 games with Hartford in 1991-92. The Whalers announced the signing of free agent Jim Agnew on July 8. Agnew played with the Vancouver Canucks during the 1991-92 season, earning no points and 56 penalty minutes in 24 games. The same day, on July 8, the Whalers acquired Tim Kerr from the New York Rangers in exchange for a seventh round draft pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. In 32 games with the Rangers in 1991-92, Kerr scored seven goals and 18 points. Kerr played with the Philadelphia Flyers from 1980-1991, scoring 363 goals and 650 points with the team in 601 games. Kerr scored over 50 goals in four consecutive seasons from 1983-1987, including a career high 58 goals in a season in which he achieved twice. On July 9, the Whalers lost free agent Marc Bergevin as he signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning. In 75 games, Bergevin scored seven goals and 24 points with Hartford during the 1991-92 season. On August 28, the Whalers were involved in a blockbuster trade with the New Jersey Devils. In the trade, Hartford acquired Sean