Finally, the hard-hitting trade analysis you’ve been waiting for.
It’s been nearly 32 years since the Edmonton Oilers shockingly traded Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings on August 9th, 1988. While every year we hear everyone reminisce over where they were when they first heard the news, lost is the fact that the trade ended up spiraling into a massive chain that can be connected to almost any future trade imaginable.
Players such as Phil Kessel, Jamie Benn, Brad Marchand and many others are on their respective teams because of the butterfly effect that this trade (and many others before it) put into motion.