Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Quebec ya yi babbar ciniki a lokacin 1987 NHL Entry Draft
, yayin da Nordiques suka yi musayar Dale Hunter da Clint Malarchuk zuwa Washington Capitals don Gaetan Duchesne, Alan Haworth, da kuma zagaye na farko na zagaye na Capitals a cikin 1987 NHL Entry Draft, wanda Nordiques ya zaɓi Joe Sakic. Haworth yana da raunin da ya faru a kakar wasa ta 1986/87, ya bayyana a wasanni 50 kawai, duk da haka, ya zira kwallaye 25 da maki 41. A cikin 1985-86, Haworth yana da manyan kwarewar 34 da maki 73 don Capitals. Duchesne yana da matsayi mafi girma na maki 52 tare da Washington a 1986-87, yayin da ya zira kwallaye 17 kuma yana da taimako 35. Joe Sakic shi ne na biyu na Nordiques a cikin 1987 NHL Entry Draft, yayin da ya zira kwallaye 60 da maki 133 a wasanni 72 tare da Swift Current Broncos na Yammacin Hockey League (WHL), kamar yadda Quebec ya zaɓi Bryan Fogarty tare da zaɓin su na farko. Fogarty yana da maki 70 a wasanni 56 tare da Kingston Canadians na Ontario Hockey League (OHL).