Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1991
, maNordics zvakare akava nechisarudzo chokutanga muNHL Entry Draft. Vakasarudza mutambi muduku Eric Lindros, kunyange zvazvo akanga aita kuti zvizivikanwe pachine nguva refu kuti aisazombotambira Quebec. Pakati pezvikonzero, Lindros akanongedzera kure, kushayikwa kwesimba rokutengesa, uye kuva nokutaura chiFrench. Mushure mekunge Nordiques amusarudza zvakadaro, Lindros akaramba kupfeka jersey yechikwata paZuva reDrafti uye akangoichengeta yemifananidzo yemapepanhau. Lindros, pamurayiro waamai vake Bonnie, akaramba kusaina nechikwata ndokutanga kuramba kwakatora rinopfuura gore. Mutungamiri weNordiques akazivisa pachena kuti vachaita Lindros musimboti wekutendeuka kwavo, uye vakaramba kutengesa Lindros, vachiti aisazove nebasa muNHL chero bedzi akabata. Vamwe veNordiques vaida kuenderera mberi vasina Lindros, sezvakataurwa naJoe Sakic "Tinongoda vatambi pano vane shungu dzekutamba mutambo. Ndaneta nokunzwa zita iroro. Haasi pano uye mune vamwe vakawanda muimba ino yokushambidzira vane hanya chaizvoizvo nomutambo wacho". Zvichakadaro, maNordics akapedza neimwe nguva inotyisa muna 1991-92, achitadza kusvika pamapoinzi makumi manomwe negore rechishanu mumutsetse.