Then Again, Perhaps They Made the Correct Trade
Finally someone came along, bought the Kings and had enough guts to get rid of a player with a $6.5-million salary who had 15 goals in 62 games to show for it. That’s about $318,000 per goal. So much for the Great One.
MOE GANNADI
Upland
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In spite of himself, Sam McMaster finally did something right--he traded an aging superstar past his prime for young talent and a No. 1 draft pick from somebody else’s team. Finally, another team besides the Kings has mortgaged its future for the quick fix that never works.
BRUCE SALTZER
La Crescenta
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No matter how the Gretzky trade ultimately turns out, I look forward to a return to old-time Kings’ hockey, a type where the Kings score seven goals, and one has to ask, “Yeah, but did they win?”
SCOTT W. BLEK
Glendale
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