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B33Man88 t1_j6tvml2 wrote

Arguably as bad a trade as if the Bulls traded Jordan in 1992

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jaypenn3 t1_j6udpfz wrote

They won a championship without Gretzky a few years later, so it wasn’t that bad. But when it was announced there were basically riots across Canada lol.

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jabbadarth t1_j6vld16 wrote

They won in 90 and were the second to last Canadian team to win the cup. The Canadiens won in 93 and no Canadian team has won since then.

Also potentially important to note that the oilers had won 4 championships with Gretzky in the years prior to the trade. So maybe they keep him.and win more but also they could have thought he was already 9 years into his career and why not sell when he's still hot not realizing he would continue to be an amazing player for another decade+.

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