Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waAugust 9, 1988, mukufamba kwakachinja zvakanyanya simba reNHL, maOilers akatengesa Gretzky (pamwe naMarty McSorley naMike Krushelnyski) kuLos Angeles Kings mukutsinhana naJimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $ 15 mamirioni mumari uye maKings 'ekutanga-kutenderera dhizaini muna 1989 (Jason Miller), 1991
(Martin Rucinsky) uye 1993 (Nick Stajduhar). "Kutengeserana", sokusvika kwayakazivikanwa, kwakatsamwisa vaKanada kusvikira pamwero wokuti Mutungamiriri weNew Democratic Party House Nelson Riis akarayira kuti hurumende irambidze uye Peter Pocklington akapiswa mumufananidzo. Gretzky pachake aionekwa se "mutengesi" nevamwe veCanada nekuda kwekutendeukira kumusha kwake wekugamuchirwa, dunhu rake rekumusha uye nyika yake yekumusha; kurudziro yake yaifungidzirwa zvakanyanya kuve kusimudzira basa remukadzi wake rekuita. Vamwe vanodavira kuti akanga ari Pocklington uyo akatanga kutengeserana, achitsvaka kubetserwa somunhu oga kubva mukutengeserana.