Stephen Brunt - Gretzky's Tears

vor 16 Jahren

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vor 16 Jahren

At the time, it shook the hockey world -- the trading of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. More than twenty years later, The Great One's departure from Canada is still seen by many as an act of betrayal. In a new book, sportswriter Stephen Brunt argues that the trade changed the business of hockey forever, in ways that reverberate to this day. It's called Gretzky's Tears.