A Sports Illustrated preview on the upcoming WHA season noted that it was stalwart Gordie Howe's 28th year in major league hockey, and the Spurs' first.

It also said that unless the Spurs drew well immediately, "Denver's stay in big-league hockey could be exactly 27 years shorter than Gordie Howe's."

No beer was available because Mullenix was unable to get a liquor license, there was no flag to face during the national anthem, and the scoreboards didn't work.

The rest of the roster was filled with cast-offs and career minor-leaguers, such as Don Borgeson, who had played for the WHL Spurs from 1971–73; he finished second to Backstrom in points scored with 41.

Rumors had abounded even before the Spurs got on the ice that the NHL was planning to move either the Seals or the Kansas City Scouts to Denver.

He had initially begun negotiations with the Founders Club a month into the season when the first rumors cropped up of a Scouts move to Denver.

Despite playing to sellout crowds at two home games in Ottawa, Mullenix and the Founders Club were unable to reach a deal.

The last active Spurs player in the NHL was Ron Delorme, who retired after the 1984-85 season and also played with the Colorado Rockies.

In 1992 Bridgman became the first general manager of the new Ottawa Senators NHL franchise, which would initially play its home games at the Civic Centre.