Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waAugust 9, 1988, muchiito chakazivisa kuchinja kukuru muNHL, vaOilers vakatengesa Gretzky (pamwe chete naMcSorley naKrushelnyski) kuKings nokuda kwaCarson, Martin Gélinas, $15 miriyoni mumari, uye maKings' first-round draft picks mu
1989 (akazotengeswa kuNew Jersey Devils, uyo akaishandisa kusarudza Jason Miller), 1991, (akashandiswa kusarudza Martin Ručínský), uye 1993, (akashandiswa kusarudza Nick Stajduhar). "Kutengeserana", sezvo kwakazivikanwa, kwakatsamwisa vaKanada kusvika pamwero wokuti Mutungamiriri weNew Democratic Party House Nelson Riis akarayira hurumende kuti ivhare, uye Pocklington akapiswa mumufananidzo kunze kweNorthlands Coliseum. Gretzky pachake aionekwa se"mutengesi" nevamwe vokuCanada nokuda kwokutendeukira kuguta rokumusha kwake uye nyika yokumusha kwake. Zvikurudziro zvake zvaifungidzirwa zvikuru kuva kufambisira mberi basa rokutamba romudzimai wake.