Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Da yake fuskantar fushin da Wayne Gretzky ya fuskanta, a ranar 27 ga Fabrairun 1996, McMaster ya yi musayar Gretzky zuwa St. Louis Blues don samun damar samun damar shiga uku, Craig Johnson, Patrice Tardif da Roman Vopat, tare da zagaye na 5 a 1996
(Peter Hogan) da kuma zagaye na 1 a 1997 (Matt Zultek). Canjin ya zama bala'i ga ƙungiyoyin biyu. Gretzky ya buga wasanni 31 ne kawai don Blues, yayin da 'yan wasan da McMaster ya saya ba su kai ga wani abu mai mahimmanci ga Sarakuna ba. Duk da yake Johnson ya sami damar samun cikakken lokaci tare da tawagar, duka Tardif da Vopat sun bar gasar a cikin shekaru uku, yayin da Hogan da Zultek suka kasa shiga NHL gaba daya.