Between Pocklington, Skalbania and McNall, Gretzky had zero chance at an honest deal anyway. He'd have been better off ignoring Dad and going to Detroit. I doubt Yzerman would have gone the other way but maybe - he was only 23. But Oates, Gallant, Klima, Joe Murphy (not quite a bust yet), Barr, Chiasson.
Then Gretzky would have been on a team in short order that had Federov, Lidstrom, Primeau, Konstantinov, etc.
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