Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Quebec ya yi wasu cinikayya a lokacin lokacin bazara, ya ba da babban mai zira kwallaye daga kakar 1988/89, Walt Poddubny, tare da zagaye na huɗu na zagaye a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 1990 zuwa New Jersey Devils don Joe Cirella, Claude Loiselle, da zagaye na takwas na zagaye a cikin
Ƙaddamarwar NHL ta 1990. Cirella yana da kwallaye uku da maki 22 a wasanni 80 tare da Devils a 1988/89, yayin da Loiselle ke da kwallaye bakwai da maki 21 a wasanni 74. Quebec kuma sun yi musayar Bob Mason zuwa Washington Capitals don la'akari da gaba, da Gaetan Duchesne zuwa Minnesota North Stars don Kevin Kaminski. Kaminski ya shafe 1988/89 tare da Saskatoon Blades na WHL, inda ya zira kwallaye 25 da maki 68 a wasanni 52. A ƙarshen kakar wasan, 'yan wasan Nordiques sun yi musayar Randy Moller zuwa New York Rangers don Michel Petit. Petit yana da kwallaye takwas da maki 33 tare da Rangers a 1988/89.