Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nordiques yaive neyekutanga sarudzo mu1990 NHL Entry Draft
, uye kirabhu yakatora Owen Nolan kubva kuCornwall Royals yeOHL. Nolan akawana zvibodzwa makumi mashanu nezvishanu uye mapoinzi zana negumi nematanhatu nemitambo makumi mashanu nemapfumbamwe, pamwe nekunyora maminetsi mazana maviri nemakumi mana ezvirango. Chikwata chakasainawo Mats Sundin, wavo wekutanga kusarudza kubva ku1989 NHL Entry Draft, uye aizova naye mukirabhu yemwaka wa1990-91.