The 1984–85 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' sixth season in the National Hockey League. Offseason On May 29, the Whalers acquired defenseman Brad Shaw from the Detroit Red Wings for an eighth round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Shaw played with the Ottawa 67's during the 1983–84 season, scoring 12 goals and 78 points in 63 games. Shaw also participated with Canada at the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he had two assists in seven games. Shaw was a fifth round draft pick for Detroit at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. On June 9, Hartford selected defenseman Sylvain Cote in the first round, 11th overall pick, at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum. Cote scored 15 goals and 65 points with the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. He also represented Canada at the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he earned two assists in seven games. Two days later, on June 11, the Whalers signed head coach Jack Evans and assistant coach Claude Larose to a three-year extension, through the 1987–88 season. In his first season with Hartford in 1983–84, Evans led the club to a 28–42–10 record, earning 70 points, which represented a 25-point improvement over the 1982–83 season. On September 5, the club acquired goaltender Steve Weeks from the New York Rangers for future considerations. Weeks had a 10–11–2 record with a 3.98 GAA and a .864 save percentage with the Rangers during the 1983–84 season. In his career with the Rangers, Weeks had a 42–33–14 record with a 3.83 GAA and a .866 save percentage in 94 games from 1980 to 1984. During the NHL Waiver Draft held on October 9, the Whalers selected right winger Dave Lumley from the Edmonton Oilers and defenseman Wally Weir from the Quebec Nordiques. Lumley scored six goals and 21 points in 56 games with the Oilers in 1983–84. In the playoffs, Lumley scored two goals and seven points in 19 games, helping the Oilers win the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals. His best season came in 1981–82, when Lumley scored 32 goals and 74 points in 66 games with Edmonton. Weir played in 25 games with Quebec in 1983–84, scoring two goals and five points. In five seasons with the Nordiques, Weir scored 19 goals and 58 points in 272 games, while accumulating 535 penalty minutes. Regular season October The