How Gretzky was almost traded by the Oilers to the Red Wings instead of the Kings - Sportsnet.ca

Wayne Gretzky was almost traded to the Detroit Red Wings and not the Los Angeles Kings. Until The Great One received a phone call.

When Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings by the Edmonton Oilers in 1988, it was the end of an era and the dawning of a new age in the NHL, all at once. The Oilers, to that point a dyna… [+2966 chars]

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