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Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed
From his standout youth, where he honed his skills on a backyard rink, to his unlikely jump to the pros at the age of 17, this biography chronicles Wayne Gretzky’s ascension to the greatest hockey player of all time to his shocking trade from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in 1998—an event that rocked hockey fans across North America. This chronicle reveals, for the first time, the true story behind the deal, as well as Gretzky's important role in making the trade happen. From the press conference where the trade was announced and where Gretzky wept, this work notes how the “Great One” could have been crying tears of joy as he realized his life was about to get a whole lot better—playing for more money in a California city that would be a perfect home for him and his glamorous new actress-wife.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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Stephen Brunt
23 books17 followersStephen Brunt is a Canadian sports journalist, well known as a current columnist for Sportsnet.ca, Sportsnet, and as co-host to Jeff Blair on Writers Bloc alongside Richard Deitsch.
Brunt started at The Globe as an arts intern in 1982, after attending journalism school at the University of Western Ontario. He then worked in news, covering the 1984 election, and began to write for the sports section in 1985. His 1988 series on negligence and corruption in boxing won him the Michener Award for public service journalism. In 1989, he became a sports columnist.
Nominated for several National Newspaper Awards, Brunt is also the author of seven books. His work Facing Ali, published in 2003, was named one of the ten best sports books of the year by Sports Illustrated. Brunt makes frequent appearances on sports talk radio shows such as Prime Time Sports and Melnick in the Afternoon on the Team 990 in Montreal. He has been the lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989 and was a frequent sports panelist on TVOntario's now-defunct current affairs programme Studio 2. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
He currently resides with his wife, Jeannie, in Hamilton, Ontario, spending much of his summer vacation in Winterhouse Brook, Newfoundland.
Brunt started at The Globe as an arts intern in 1982, after attending journalism school at the University of Western Ontario. He then worked in news, covering the 1984 election, and began to write for the sports section in 1985. His 1988 series on negligence and corruption in boxing won him the Michener Award for public service journalism. In 1989, he became a sports columnist.
Nominated for several National Newspaper Awards, Brunt is also the author of seven books. His work Facing Ali, published in 2003, was named one of the ten best sports books of the year by Sports Illustrated. Brunt makes frequent appearances on sports talk radio shows such as Prime Time Sports and Melnick in the Afternoon on the Team 990 in Montreal. He has been the lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989 and was a frequent sports panelist on TVOntario's now-defunct current affairs programme Studio 2. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
He currently resides with his wife, Jeannie, in Hamilton, Ontario, spending much of his summer vacation in Winterhouse Brook, Newfoundland.
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March 1, 2015
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August 9, 1988 is a date that has become famous in hockey history. It was the date that Wayne Gretzky, considered by many to be the greatest hockey player to ever lace up skates, was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. At the time, the Oilers were a hockey dynasty, having won the Stanley Cup four of the past five seasons, while the Kings were barely a blip in Los Angeles and even in their own building, playing second fiddle to basketball’s Los Angeles Lakers.
The trade left not only Edmonton, but the entire country of Canada in shock and despair. Los Angeles suddenly became a hockey hotbed and Kings games were must-see events, complete with celebrity guests. However, the burning question remained: why was this trade made? Why was the face of an entire sport traded from a team in the country where hockey is the national sport to a franchise in a warm-weather city? This question is covered from many different angles in this excellent book by Stephen Brunt.
Having read some of Brunt’s work earlier, I was looking forward to his writing on this event that stunned the entire sports world. The title of the book came from the fact that Gretzky was shedding tears at the press conference announcing the trade, stating that he was leaving Edmonton with a heavy heart and was sad to be going. Brunt’s research reveals that there was much more to this press conference than simply Gretzky showing his emotions. There is evidence that some, Brunt included, believe that this wasn’t the case at all, but instead something that Gretzky actually wanted.
The owners of the two teams and architects of the trade, Peter Pocklington of the Oilers and Bruce McNall of the Kings, are subjects that Brunt covered quite well in both his research and writing. Neither man comes off looking very good in this book, and given the endings for both of them, especially McNall, I believed that this was an accurate portrayal of them. McNall especially was portrayed as a complex figure, building his fortune in a Ponzi-type scheme and then have it come crashing down. However, more than just acquiring Gretzky for his team, McNall has grandiose plans for the entire sport and had a more than willing accomplice in Commissioner Gary Bettman. These were far-reaching plans that, as Brunt points out, are still being felt more than 20 years after the trade.
Not only does Brunt expose the roles of the three main people of the trade, he also dispels some myths about the trade, such as Gretzky was demanding the trade because his wife, Janet Jones, was an aspiring actress. This comparison to Yoko Ono was a popular tabloid topic in Canada, but Brunt dismisses that rumor as well as others and gets down to the real reason – the backroom discussions and dealings that all three men were involved in.
Stephen Brunt has written another winner with this book and is the most comprehensive account of not only the trade itself, but also what became of the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers after the trade. The research into Pocklington and McNall is also first-rate. This is a must-read for any hockey fan interested in learning more about how this one transaction transformed the game.
Did I skim?
No
Pace of the book:
Excellent as I read this book very quickly. It moved along seamlessly from Gretzky to Pocklington to McNall and then to all parties involved in the trade.
Do I recommend?
All hockey fans should read this in-depth account of the trade that stunned the sports world and changed the culture of a sport, most likely for good
August 9, 1988 is a date that has become famous in hockey history. It was the date that Wayne Gretzky, considered by many to be the greatest hockey player to ever lace up skates, was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. At the time, the Oilers were a hockey dynasty, having won the Stanley Cup four of the past five seasons, while the Kings were barely a blip in Los Angeles and even in their own building, playing second fiddle to basketball’s Los Angeles Lakers.
The trade left not only Edmonton, but the entire country of Canada in shock and despair. Los Angeles suddenly became a hockey hotbed and Kings games were must-see events, complete with celebrity guests. However, the burning question remained: why was this trade made? Why was the face of an entire sport traded from a team in the country where hockey is the national sport to a franchise in a warm-weather city? This question is covered from many different angles in this excellent book by Stephen Brunt.
Having read some of Brunt’s work earlier, I was looking forward to his writing on this event that stunned the entire sports world. The title of the book came from the fact that Gretzky was shedding tears at the press conference announcing the trade, stating that he was leaving Edmonton with a heavy heart and was sad to be going. Brunt’s research reveals that there was much more to this press conference than simply Gretzky showing his emotions. There is evidence that some, Brunt included, believe that this wasn’t the case at all, but instead something that Gretzky actually wanted.
The owners of the two teams and architects of the trade, Peter Pocklington of the Oilers and Bruce McNall of the Kings, are subjects that Brunt covered quite well in both his research and writing. Neither man comes off looking very good in this book, and given the endings for both of them, especially McNall, I believed that this was an accurate portrayal of them. McNall especially was portrayed as a complex figure, building his fortune in a Ponzi-type scheme and then have it come crashing down. However, more than just acquiring Gretzky for his team, McNall has grandiose plans for the entire sport and had a more than willing accomplice in Commissioner Gary Bettman. These were far-reaching plans that, as Brunt points out, are still being felt more than 20 years after the trade.
Not only does Brunt expose the roles of the three main people of the trade, he also dispels some myths about the trade, such as Gretzky was demanding the trade because his wife, Janet Jones, was an aspiring actress. This comparison to Yoko Ono was a popular tabloid topic in Canada, but Brunt dismisses that rumor as well as others and gets down to the real reason – the backroom discussions and dealings that all three men were involved in.
Stephen Brunt has written another winner with this book and is the most comprehensive account of not only the trade itself, but also what became of the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers after the trade. The research into Pocklington and McNall is also first-rate. This is a must-read for any hockey fan interested in learning more about how this one transaction transformed the game.
Did I skim?
No
Pace of the book:
Excellent as I read this book very quickly. It moved along seamlessly from Gretzky to Pocklington to McNall and then to all parties involved in the trade.
Do I recommend?
All hockey fans should read this in-depth account of the trade that stunned the sports world and changed the culture of a sport, most likely for good
December 28, 2024
I read Stephen Brunt’s Searching for Bobby Orr and, as was the case for that book, Gretzky’s Tears has an enjoyable sports writing style as it peeks behind the curtains of a significant moment in NHL history. (Full disclosure: I am a lifelong Edmonton Oilers fan, and is one of those that admired Gretzky from up close, so keep that in mind when considering my rating.)
In particular I enjoyed the deep dive into the motivations and actions of the team owners McNall and Pocklington - actions that were taken to manipulate others into believing their false narratives.
At the end of the day, this is a book about humans, and not even the diplomatic sports icon was immune from the occasional indiscretion, bad play, or misplaced trust. Nevertheless, this is an engaging book for hockey history buffs and fans of the game like me. He shoots, he scores!
In particular I enjoyed the deep dive into the motivations and actions of the team owners McNall and Pocklington - actions that were taken to manipulate others into believing their false narratives.
At the end of the day, this is a book about humans, and not even the diplomatic sports icon was immune from the occasional indiscretion, bad play, or misplaced trust. Nevertheless, this is an engaging book for hockey history buffs and fans of the game like me. He shoots, he scores!
March 9, 2018
Full of absolutely beautiful turns of phrase, alternating critical looks at labour relations in the NHL with the hockey mythology of Canada and what that does to the heroes it creates, intercut with some excellent research on what exactly got Gretzky out of Edmonton and into Los Angeles. The meditations on the ideology behind expansion are worthwhile and interesting, though some of the conclusions it comes to are wince worthy, in retrospect.
February 3, 2023
Brunt does it again, his style of writing pulls us along, the already known, but illuminates this well known tale in ways I'd never heard before. Providing plenty of behind the scenes knowledge of who knew what and when, and putting in context the whole Bruce McNall/Wayne Gretzky/Peter Pocklington saga which still reverberates to this day. Surprisingly good read.
January 8, 2024
I was a child when Gretzky was traded to L.A., so I found reading this 2009 book to be very informative and well researched. It loses points for some repetitiveness towards the end of the book, but it wasn’t enough to detract in any significant sense.
If you’re a hockey fan, check this out.
***1/2/*****
If you’re a hockey fan, check this out.
***1/2/*****
July 29, 2017
A great read about the greatest Canadian to hit the ice. Stephen at his best.
August 31, 2025
Brunt is an excellent writer who takes us on a journey thru the process of trading the greatest NHL player of all-time. Extremely enjoyable read!
September 16, 2019
Stephen Brunt wrote about Gretkzy's autobiography. He follows Wayne Grekzky from when he was an infant when his father Walter build a backyard skating rink where Wayne would practice during the winter months. When Wayne was young, they noticed that he was a gifted hockey player. They were packing the arena to watch this kid play. Wayne was never drafted in the NHL but was signed by the Indianopolis Racers and got sold to the Edmonton Oilers. There he shattered many NHL records which has never been broken up until this day. He won 3 Stanley Cups with Edmonton. He was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in a deal that caught then coach Glen Slather by surprise. He went on to play with St. Louis briefly and ended his playing career with the New York Rangers.
February 10, 2025
Review for Gretzky's Tears can be found on Hockey Blog In Canada.
March 13, 2017
A great book about the circumstances surrounding Wayne Gretzky's trade from the dynastical Edmonton Oilers to the unpopular, under-performing Los Angeles Kings. Brunt has put together a great narrative, delving into the subject (one that is still a sore point for Canadians and, particularly, Oilers fans, to this very day) from all angles. Well done.
September 8, 2020
This is a comprehensive look at the Gretzky trade. Brunt gets into the minute details of the deal, looking at the background of it and even some previous efforts by the Oilers to trade Gretzky. He also examines the main figures of the trade, namely Gretzky himself, but also Pocklington and McNall. The biggest issue is that neither Gretzky nor Pocklington were interviewed for the book; Pocklington was in the process of writing his own autobiography at the time, but there was no reason given for Gretzky's absence. The lack of commentary from those two (McNall was interviewed at least) is quite noticeable, and their input would have really helped give the book a much stronger stance. Otherwise a good look at a major moment in hockey history.
November 15, 2020
My kind of book. Easy to read and very interesting. Good insight into Wayne Gretzky as a person and some of his career decisions. I felt like I was transported back into the 80s and watched his story unfold in real time. It has stayed with me since.
December 13, 2009
Stephen Brunt is one of my all-time favorite sportswriters, and has been for years. I always loved his columns in the Globe & Mail, enjoyed Searching for Bobby Orr very much. He's a very skilled writer and very smart, able to weave in wider social and cultural context to writing about sports.
This book is no different. He discusses the events leading up to the Gretzky trade. At this point, there aren't really any revelations -- I think anyone who has paid attention to hockey since 1988 knows that Gretzky was sold to LA because Peter Pocklington was having money problems. The PR line at the time, that Gretzky asked to be traded to the Kings so his new wife could continue her acting career, was discredited soon afterwards. But Brunt's perspective on the trade is still welcome and fresh, because he does provide a lot of background information on what went on from people involved, like Bruce McNall, or Peter Pocklington's PR man.
And he goes beyond just a retelling of the trade itself into looking at what it meant in terms of the direction the NHL took post-1988, what it meant in terms of how Canadians viewed hockey and the NHL, and so on. There's some really insightful writing in here about the meaning of sports in contemporary culture. He also explores the unraveling of the fortunes of both Bruce McNall and Peter Pocklington in more depth than I'd personally read before.
Brunt's pretty cynical about the post-Gretzky NHL and American expansion in general. I suppose that leaves a bit of a sour note for me, just given that he implicitly at least would deny my favorite team the right to exist. Although his wider point about the illusory nature of NHL expansion in the U.S. is taken.
The chapters at the end about Gretzky's role in Phoenix do seem a bit rushed and not as artful as the rest of the book. But I'd highly recommend this to any sports fan as an essential work in understanding the contemporary NHL and how it came to be as it is circa 2009-10.
This book is no different. He discusses the events leading up to the Gretzky trade. At this point, there aren't really any revelations -- I think anyone who has paid attention to hockey since 1988 knows that Gretzky was sold to LA because Peter Pocklington was having money problems. The PR line at the time, that Gretzky asked to be traded to the Kings so his new wife could continue her acting career, was discredited soon afterwards. But Brunt's perspective on the trade is still welcome and fresh, because he does provide a lot of background information on what went on from people involved, like Bruce McNall, or Peter Pocklington's PR man.
And he goes beyond just a retelling of the trade itself into looking at what it meant in terms of the direction the NHL took post-1988, what it meant in terms of how Canadians viewed hockey and the NHL, and so on. There's some really insightful writing in here about the meaning of sports in contemporary culture. He also explores the unraveling of the fortunes of both Bruce McNall and Peter Pocklington in more depth than I'd personally read before.
Brunt's pretty cynical about the post-Gretzky NHL and American expansion in general. I suppose that leaves a bit of a sour note for me, just given that he implicitly at least would deny my favorite team the right to exist. Although his wider point about the illusory nature of NHL expansion in the U.S. is taken.
The chapters at the end about Gretzky's role in Phoenix do seem a bit rushed and not as artful as the rest of the book. But I'd highly recommend this to any sports fan as an essential work in understanding the contemporary NHL and how it came to be as it is circa 2009-10.
November 5, 2009
For Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, Canada, and the Day Everything Changed Stephen Brunt takes a wide brush and paints the personalities that cooked up the NHL's most momentous (and expensive) trade deal. Subtlety isn't necessary: most of these guys were loud-mouthed fat-heads who kept an eye out for the biggest cash cow on the horizon, with a complete disregard for the health of the corporation, never mind the sport. The only quiet ones who kept their cards close to their chests were Wayne and Walter Gretzky, who, in Brunt's account, come to embody the best and the worst of Canadian enterprise. Brunt doesn't just argue that Gretzky's trade to Los Angeles paved the way for Gary Bettman's disastrous expansion of the league, he suggests that Wayne Gretzky's best interests (and no-one guards those interests like father and son) have lead to inevitable catastrophe for the league.
Although I've followed Brunt as a columnist, I hadn't yet read any of his books. As a columnist his prose is measured and to the point; as a book writer, he likes to turn up the heat, and not always to good effect. Also, the concluding chapter outlining the forehead-smacking deal Phoenix made to hire "The Great One" as coach is clearly rushed. The recent Bettman vs. Balsillie dust-up is only touched upon (in interviews Brunt admits he could have devoted an entire book to this), but we don't need a book to tell us who the obvious losers are: the Phoenix tax-payers, the National Hockey League, and the fans. As for Bettman, he may regard the Balsillie shut-out as a personal victory, but with the southern franchises hemorrhaging money faster than the Fed, Bettman's day of reckoning is most certainly coming down the pike.
So, are there any winners? Only one: Wayne Gretzky, by an enormous bank account.
Although I've followed Brunt as a columnist, I hadn't yet read any of his books. As a columnist his prose is measured and to the point; as a book writer, he likes to turn up the heat, and not always to good effect. Also, the concluding chapter outlining the forehead-smacking deal Phoenix made to hire "The Great One" as coach is clearly rushed. The recent Bettman vs. Balsillie dust-up is only touched upon (in interviews Brunt admits he could have devoted an entire book to this), but we don't need a book to tell us who the obvious losers are: the Phoenix tax-payers, the National Hockey League, and the fans. As for Bettman, he may regard the Balsillie shut-out as a personal victory, but with the southern franchises hemorrhaging money faster than the Fed, Bettman's day of reckoning is most certainly coming down the pike.
So, are there any winners? Only one: Wayne Gretzky, by an enormous bank account.
July 24, 2010
How was the most amazing teenager to ever play the game of hockey taken from home and purchased in a 21-year contract and then brought into a rival league? How did he become a national hero when his team was brought into the NHL and became a close knit dynasty of Stanley Cup winning players and friends as he rapidly rose to become the "Great One?" Why did one of the most self-serving examples of an 80s/90s blowhard venture capitalist sell him to a quintessential American ponzi-scheme crook, and what effect did that have on his teammates, players around the league and fans across Canada? What happened to the career of the "Great One" after he left the historical success of the Edmonton Oilers for the sub-stardom of the Los Angeles Kings, and what did he do when his new boss' empire crumbled into federal fraud convictions? And how has Canada clung to this man as their national hero more than two decades since he last lived there?
Stephen Brunt describes all the details around these questions with the same candor and occasionally transparent bias as he did with a completely different career and era in Searching For Bobby Orr. In the end I really got a better understanding of how my favorite sport has been marketed to me as an American, and how the game and people's lives have been tinkered with in order to make it more profitable. Regionalism and nationalism are always personal choices one can choose to identify with or not, but Brunt illustrates how market forces and fat cats jaded many people in Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Quebec City...and quite possibly the hero with the all-time records himself.
Stephen Brunt describes all the details around these questions with the same candor and occasionally transparent bias as he did with a completely different career and era in Searching For Bobby Orr. In the end I really got a better understanding of how my favorite sport has been marketed to me as an American, and how the game and people's lives have been tinkered with in order to make it more profitable. Regionalism and nationalism are always personal choices one can choose to identify with or not, but Brunt illustrates how market forces and fat cats jaded many people in Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Quebec City...and quite possibly the hero with the all-time records himself.
March 28, 2014
Review originally appeared on http://jaynesbooks.blogspot.com
I really quite enjoyed it being as I am a hockey fan and have followed much of the exploits of what happened in regards to the NHL expansion since the mid-1990s and the eventual downfall of the game in the Southern United States. It was not only interesting from from my prospective as a hockey fan, but also as somebody who is interested in history and has been following the news stories in regards to the Phoenix Coyotes, which were once located in Winnipeg and were called the Jets and can recall the moves of various and formation of teams since 1994.
I also liked how Brunt integrated the climate of Canada as a country at the time of the Gretzky "trade" with the events surrounding his departure. While I was alive at the time and probably saw it on the news the day of the event, I recall the Ben Johnson scandal that hit the fan in the next 3 weeks afterwards. Its strange how one recalls certain events and not others, even though both are significant in terms of one's sporting history, especially when they occur within a few weeks of each other.
I really quite enjoyed it being as I am a hockey fan and have followed much of the exploits of what happened in regards to the NHL expansion since the mid-1990s and the eventual downfall of the game in the Southern United States. It was not only interesting from from my prospective as a hockey fan, but also as somebody who is interested in history and has been following the news stories in regards to the Phoenix Coyotes, which were once located in Winnipeg and were called the Jets and can recall the moves of various and formation of teams since 1994.
I also liked how Brunt integrated the climate of Canada as a country at the time of the Gretzky "trade" with the events surrounding his departure. While I was alive at the time and probably saw it on the news the day of the event, I recall the Ben Johnson scandal that hit the fan in the next 3 weeks afterwards. Its strange how one recalls certain events and not others, even though both are significant in terms of one's sporting history, especially when they occur within a few weeks of each other.
December 30, 2011
Sports teams can, for better or worse, become symbols of their home cities, their success and losses seeming to match the course of the town and its people. Sometimes it can go even farther than that, with one player represending a team, and that team representing an entire nation. What happens, then, when the business side of that sports team kicks in, and decides it's worthwhile to sell/trade that player to one of their most hated rivals?
Part historical look at the end of the Oilers' dynasty of the 1980s, part philosophical look at the impact of sport on collective psychology, Gretzky's Tears looks back at The Trade, recasting those in it as the cast of Julius Caeser. Only, instead of killing Gretzky/Caesar, the backstabbing antics of Brutus Pocklington send number 99 to a sunny dreamland where he makes millions upon millions of dollars and completely revolutionizes the way they look at hockey in that sunny dreamland.
If you're not convinced of Gretzky's (semi)divinity when you start the book, you're likely not going to be very interested in this. But it's a good read for those with fond memories of the Oilers dynasty.
Part historical look at the end of the Oilers' dynasty of the 1980s, part philosophical look at the impact of sport on collective psychology, Gretzky's Tears looks back at The Trade, recasting those in it as the cast of Julius Caeser. Only, instead of killing Gretzky/Caesar, the backstabbing antics of Brutus Pocklington send number 99 to a sunny dreamland where he makes millions upon millions of dollars and completely revolutionizes the way they look at hockey in that sunny dreamland.
If you're not convinced of Gretzky's (semi)divinity when you start the book, you're likely not going to be very interested in this. But it's a good read for those with fond memories of the Oilers dynasty.
June 11, 2011
Disclaimer, or should I say UNDISCLAIMER-- you do not need to know anything about hockey to read this. This is about the business of professional sports and a trade that not only changed one sport forever(yes it really was that epic in what it did for the sport) but sports in general. Part tribute to the game's greatest gentlemen, part expose on how a man was literally bought and sold (not traded folks, paid for with cash money) this quick read shows the games idealism and its ugly self destructiveness.
March 15, 2013
The most mulled-over deal in hockey history gets the 'Pierre Berton' approach from the Globe and Mail's Stephen Brunt, seemingly with no new interviews or content. It doesn't add anything essential to the Gretzky hagiography, nor are Brunt's sociological musings particularly insightful or entertaining. The literary equivalent of treading water.
October 8, 2012
I thought I knew a lot of this story, but Brunt added background and some factoids that were knew to me. As expected from him, even the unsympathetic actors are treated well. (But it did make me miss him even more from the pages of The Globe and Mail!)
July 22, 2015
I thought it would be more about Gretzky and his life but it actually focused on all the business deals that led to Bruce McNall getting the kings and later on Gretzky. There were a few chapters that highlighted some famous games that were more interesting.
June 9, 2016
I'm not the hugest hockey fan but I found this non-fiction account of the Gretzky trade to be an incredibly good read. Highly recommended or, if you don't have a bunch of time, check out the ESPN 30 for 30 film called "king's Ransom" for the basics.
October 7, 2010
I found this book to be a real page turner. I thought I knew the Gretzky story but Brunt peeled back the whole story.
January 26, 2011
Check out my review of Gretzky's Tears on the TTQ blog.
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March 9, 2013
An uneven balance between thrilling game descriptions and noirish recollections of corruption, greed and deceit.
October 22, 2014
Reading this was like reading a lengthy newspaper article. Didn't learn anything new and it seemed Brunt didn't do new interviews for this book.
January 24, 2016
Pretty good insight into the Gretzky trade that the average person was not aware of.
...and I didn't read it because I'm from Brantford. It really is a good story.
...and I didn't read it because I'm from Brantford. It really is a good story.
November 14, 2016
Pretty good overview of the Gretzky trade, especially the machinations behind Pocklington and McNall which I was most interested in, rather than the on-ice hockey stuff.
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