Hockey Trade Rumors From The Past: Wayne Gretzky, Cam Neely and Patrick Roy
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The 2020 hockey book season is in full swing, even if the 2020-21 NHL season is not. I guess if we are forced to isolate during a global virus pandemic and can't watch hockey, reading about it is the next best thing. I have been fully enjoying two books in particular - Brian Burke's autobiography Burke's Law and Serge Savard's authorized biography Forever Canadien. Both authors were once powerful general managers on the hockey scene, and privy to more inside information than anyone.
After all, ask any Edmonton Oilers fan and they will confirm that the Gretzky trade was not so much a trade but a sale.
When Quinn and Burke arrived a year earlier, they inherited a team that was losing upwards of $30m annually.
But in reality, the deal probably wasn't ever as close as the Kings' deal that reshaped the hockey landscape to this very day.
The Canucks of course infamously traded Neely and the third overall draft pick in 1987 to Montreal's arch rivals in Boston in exchange for Barry Pederson.
After all, ask any Edmonton Oilers fan and they will confirm that the Gretzky trade was not so much a trade but a sale.
When Quinn and Burke arrived a year earlier, they inherited a team that was losing upwards of $30m annually.
But in reality, the deal probably wasn't ever as close as the Kings' deal that reshaped the hockey landscape to this very day.
The Canucks of course infamously traded Neely and the third overall draft pick in 1987 to Montreal's arch rivals in Boston in exchange for Barry Pederson.