At the time, the team payroll for the small-market Oilers was only $7.5 million. "When I recall the commotion that [the trade] raised, I don't think anybody understood, at least understood that I had no choice ... The Edmonton Oilers would have been without a great array of players that we picked up in the trade, plus the $18.5 million Canadian that small markets definitely need. I wasn't looking forward to breaking up the greatest team, probably, that ever was in the hockey business. But that's the reality of economics." Vilified in the media over the years, Pocklington has co-authored a new biography titled I'd Trade Him Again — on Gretzky, Politics and the Pursuit of the Perfect Deal. Full Article at CBC News