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It was 25 years ago today that the Edmonton Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky, Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski to the Kings in exchange for rising American sniper Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, three first round draft picks and $15 million, essentially buying the game’s greatest star. Blockbuster trade? Yup. Sure the trade was not a total…
The Impact of the Wayne Gretzky Trade on the NHL With our third post on the 25th Anniversary of the Wayne Gretzky trade from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings we take a high level look at the impact the trade had on the National Hockey League. If you missed our first two…
The Impact of the Wayne Gretzky Trade Continuing with our series on the 25th anniversary of the Wayne Gretzky trade from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings, we look at the impact the trade had on the NHL and on hockey in general. On August 9, 1988, a solemn Wayne Gretzky spoke to…
Wow the first round off the 2013 NHL Playoffs has been an emotional roller-coaster for hockey fans. Fans of the Canucks saw their beloved Canucks swept by the San Jose Sharks in four games marking the first time that the San Jose Sharks have swept a playoff series. Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs experienced…
I have been a diehard Edmonton Oilers fan since I was seven years old. I was privileged to watch the many greats who have donned Oiler orange and blue throughout the years. Yes maybe we were spoiled by a lot of that earlier success after all the Oilers won their first Stanley Cup in only…
The 2013 NHL Playoffs are set to begin on April 30th. There is still a lot to determine in terms of who makes the post season and who will be part of the also-rans. One thing is for sure, in a shortened NHL season, anything can and will happen. The last time the league played…
A lot of people and hockey fans that we have talked to have surprisingly walked right back to the NHL after the NHL lockout that lasted 113 days and saw a revised 48-game schedule resulting in the cancellation of 510 regular season games or nearly 42% of the entire season. It took a lengthy negotiation…
As an NHL hockey fans, how can we continue to show the love for the game that many of us have grown up watching and wishing to be a part of? Four work stoppages in twenty years, a full missed season and we are on the verge of missing a second full season. All because…
Ok we are all frustrated, but perhaps not surprised with this NHL lockout. No doubt that there are owners, players, employees and most importantly NHL hockey fans who are frustrated with the pat 78 days of the NHL lockout. As hockey fans if we just stopped to think about it, the NHL lockout has very…
The Hockey Fanatics interviewed a number of hockey fans and asked them who their favorite players by position were. From the feedback that we received and based on recent performance by players at their respective positions, the Hockey Fanatic has selected the top 20 NHL players by position. Here is what hockey fans had to…
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