Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Quebec yakaita zvimwe zvekutengeserana panguva yemwaka, ichibata kunze kwavo vavariro yepamusoro kubva mumwaka wa1988-89, Walt Poddubny, pamwe chete nechinangwa chechina chekutora mu1990 NHL Entry Draft kuNew Jersey Devils yaJoe Cirella, Claude Loiselle, uye yechisere yekutora mu1990 NHL Entry Draft
. Cirella akawana zvibodzwa zvitatu nemapoinzi makumi maviri nemaviri mumitambo makumi masere neDhiabhori muna 1988-89, nepo Loiselle aine zvibodzwa zvinomwe nemapoinzi makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe mumitambo makumi manomwe nemana. Quebec yakatengesawo Bob Mason kuWashington Capitals nokuda kwezvinhu zvenguva yemberi, uye Gaetan Duchesne kuMinnesota North Stars nokuda kwaKevin Kaminski. Kaminski akapedza 1988-89 neSaskatoon Blades yeWHL, achiwana zvibodzwa makumi maviri nezvishanu nemapoinzi makumi matanhatu nemasere mumitambo makumi mashanu nemaviri. Pakupedzisira chaipo pemwaka wokugadzirira, Nordiques yakatengesa Randy Moller kuNew York Rangers nokuda kwaMichel Petit. Petit akawana zvibodzwa zvisere uye mapoinzi makumi matatu nematatu neRangers muna 1988-89.