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Kings Ransom
On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. As bewildered Oiler fans struggled to make sense of the unthinkable, fans in Los Angeles were rushing to purchase season tickets at a rate so fast it overwhelmed the Kings box office. Overnight, a franchise largely overlooked in its 21-year existence was suddenly playing to sellout crowds and standing ovations, and a league often relegated to “little brother” status exploded from 21 teams to 30 in less than a decade.
Featured Crew
Cast
![Wayne Gretzky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//uXeyMCp6brnqmynGt8U5rqa1uEE.jpg)
![Janet Jones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//5EAjtmNjmbAjw5PWWzfxgaXqEka.jpg)
![Luc Robitaille](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//hBPCGxaC3dMI2NQt8rIEYykHuqA.jpg)
![Peter Berg](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//1pR16H0zqRG49ns8cYykYpodgGF.jpg)