Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achitarisana nekushungurudzika kuri kukura kubva kuna Wayne Gretzky, musi wa27 Kukadzi 1996, McMaster akachinjanisa Gretzky kuSt. Louis Blues kune tarisiro nhatu, Craig Johnson, Patrice Tardif naRoman Vopat, pamwe ne5th round pick muna 1996 (Peter Hogan) uye 1st round pick muna
1997 (Matt Zultek). Kutengeserana kwacho kwakaguma kwava nenjodzi kumapoka ose ari maviri. Gretzky akatamba mitambo 31 chete yeBlues, nepo vatambi vakawanikwa naMcMaster vasina kuita chero chinhu chakakosha cheMadzimambo. Kunyange zvazvo Johnson akakwanisa kuwana nzvimbo yakazara yebasa nechikwata, vose Tardif naVopat vakasiya ligi mukati memakore matatu, apo Hogan naZultek vakakundikana kuita kuti vaende kuNHL zvachose.