Alan Cote would spend his entire career with the Quebec Nordiques, which would begin when he signed with them in 1977. 

Curtis Leschyshyn was able to play over 1,000 Games in the National Hockey League (1,033), with slightly over half of them being with the Nordiques/Avalanche.

Drafted number one overall in 1990, Owen Nolan had a slow start as a rookie, only scoring 13 Points in 59 Games, but he would turn it around the following season.

After being drafted 24^th Overall in 1980, Quebec-born Defenseman Normand Rochefort joined the Quebec Nordiques as a rookie and played 56 Games.