Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 9 ga Agusta, 1988, a cikin wani motsi wanda ya canza yanayin yanayin NHL, Oilers sun yi musayar Gretzky (tare da Marty McSorley da Mike Krushelnyski) zuwa Los Angeles Kings a musayar Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, dala miliyan 15 a tsabar kudi da kuma zabin zagaye na farko na Kings a 1989
(Jason Miller), 1991 (Martin Rucinsky) da kuma 1993 (Nick Stajduhar). "Kasuwancin", kamar yadda aka sani, ya fusata mutanen Kanada har zuwa lokacin da Shugaban New Democratic Party House Nelson Riis ya bukaci gwamnati ta toshe shi kuma an ƙone Peter Pocklington a cikin hoton. Gretzky da kansa wasu 'yan Kanada sun ɗauke shi a matsayin "mai cin amana" don juya baya ga garinsa na asali, lardinsa na asali da ƙasarsa ta asali; an yi jita-jita da yawa cewa dalilinsa shine ci gaban aikin aikin matarsa. Wasu kuma sun yi imanin cewa Pocklington ne ya fara cinikin, yana neman amfana da kansa daga ma'amala.