Wayne Gretzky's Blockbuster Trade

In the world of professional sports, many of the athletes, managers and owners consider it to be a business more than sport. Players being traded, coaches being fired, and entire teams being sold are all a result of the financial implications often related to the organization's success. Every so often, you hear of a blockbuster trade that can impact not only a single player or team, but even an entire city or country. Twenty-two years ago, the Edmonton Oilers and the Los Angeles Kings completed a trade that shocked an entire nation and introduced hockey as a valuable economic investment for the southern United States. In the viewpoints of many people, Wayne Gretzky would have been considered untouchable at the time of his trade. Most people