🏒On August 9, 1988 the Edmonton Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky, Marty McSorley, and Mike Krushelnyski to the Los Angeles Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash, and first-round NHL Draft picks in 1989, 1991, and 1993. The Oilers had won 4 Stanley Cups in 5 seasons prior to the trade. "The Trade", as it came to be known, upset Canadians to the extent that New Democratic Party House Leader Nelson Riis demanded the government block it, and Peter Pocklington, owner of the Oilers,

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