Adam Deadmarsh was a 1^st Round Pick (14^th Overall) in 1993, and he would debut the following season.  The Right Wing scored 48 Points in the organization's first full year in Colorado, and he would help the Avalanche win their first Stanley Cup, although his name was initially misspelled on the Cup.

The Quebec Nordiques were ahead of the curve regarding looking at Eastern Bloc talents as they drafted many a player that was in Communist countries, which seemingly could never play in the NHL.  As history has shown us, they were right.

Erik Johnson has been one of the better American Defenseman in the NHL while he was with Colorado, a long period that lasted 731 Games.

Dale Hunter was a tough-as-nails hockey player who would score as quickly as he would enter the penalty box.  As a rookie with the Quebec Nordiques, he scored 63 Points, and in four of the next five campaigns with Quebec, he reached the 60 Point mark.