Randy Moller went from the Gold Medal of the World Junior Hockey Championships with Canada to the NHL and the Quebec Nordiques.  The Nords were blessed to have him throughout the '80s, where the towering defenseman used his size to intimidate and check among the best of them.  

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 in regards to 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 from 2011 to 2023.