One thing I remember that was a problem for the Nordiques the last time around was the lack of English in the Quebec City area kept them from drawing free agents, and allegedly many players had no-trade-to-QC clauses that had more to do with the local culture that with how bad the team was. Would this be an issue again?
http://thehockeywriters.com/the-queb...om-the-desert/
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Another problem facing the Nordiques was the cultural difference between Quebec City and the rest of the league. Quebec City is a mostly francophone city and its public address announcements were only given in French, unlike in Montreal were both French and English were spoken. There was a lack of English language media in the city causing marketability problems with the Nordiques and many non-French Canadians did not want to play in Quebec City, such as Eric Lindros.
While there still is a lack of English language media in Quebec City, I believe that, this time around, the Nordiques would be able to overcome this problem. Something as simple as having public address announcements in both French and English could help market the team better and help get some free agents to sign with Quebec. Seems crazy that a small move like that would do so much, but it really would.
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