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[[File:The Great One.jpg|The Great one Wayne Gretzky played for the Los Angeles Kings for many years]]

[[File:The Great One.jpg|The Great one Wayne Gretzky played for the Los Angeles Kings for many years]]

"The Trade", as it came to be known, on August 9, 1988, in a move that heralded significant change in the NHL, the [[Edmonton Oilers]] traded future hall of famer [[Wayne Gretzky]] (along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski) to the Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gélinas, $15 million in cash and the Kings' first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991 and 1993.  

"The Trade", as it came to be known, on August 9, 1988, in a move that heralded significant change in the NHL, the [[Edmonton Oilers]] traded future hall of famer [[Wayne Gretzky]] (along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski) to the Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gélinas, $15 million in cash and the Kings' first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991 and 1993.