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30 Years Ago Today...the Gretzky Trade Happened
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Author:  Pokecheque [ Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:18 pm ]
Post subject:  30 Years Ago Today...the Gretzky Trade Happened

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/08/wayne- ... icke-robin

And yes, as you can imagine, he's more sick of talking about it than we are.

The fallout cannot be denied though, I think you can make an argument that, if not for that trade and the subsequent growth of hockey in nontraditional markets in the southwestern United States, there wouldn't be a young man from Scottsdale, Arizona playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs today.

It goes beyond that obviously. I get it was a big deal, though I don't think I can quite fathom just how big of a culture shock it was for people north of the border.

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