Cika wannan jumla:
1991, Nordiques sun sake samun zaɓi na farko a cikin NHL Entry Draft. Sun zabi tauraron dan wasa Eric Lindros, duk da cewa ya sanar da cewa ba zai taba buga wa Quebec wasa ba. Daga cikin dalilan, Lindros ya ambaci nesa, rashin yiwuwar tallace-tallace, da kuma yin magana da Faransanci. Bayan da Nordiques suka zaɓe shi duk da haka, Lindros ya ƙi saka rigar ƙungiyar a ranar da aka tsara kuma kawai ya riƙe shi don hotunan manema labarai. Lindros, a kan shawarar mahaifiyarsa Bonnie, ya ƙi sanya hannu tare da tawagar kuma ya fara wani abin da ya wuce shekara guda. Shugaban Nordiques ya sanar da jama'a cewa za su sanya Lindros a matsayin cibiyar juyin juya halin su, kuma ya ƙi musayar Lindros, yana cewa ba zai sami aiki a cikin NHL ba muddin ya tsaya. Wasu daga cikin 'yan wasan Nordiques sun so su ci gaba ba tare da Lindros ba, kamar yadda Joe Sakic ya yi sharhi "Muna son' yan wasa ne kawai a nan waɗanda ke da sha'awar yin wasan. Na gaji da jin wannan sunan. Ba ya nan kuma akwai wasu da yawa a cikin wannan dakin da suke kula da wasan. " A halin yanzu, Nordiques ya gama da wani mummunan kakar wasa a 1991-92, ya rasa shingen maki 70 a shekara ta biyar a jere.