Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, Canada and the Day Everything Changed is a book by Stephen Brunt about the 1988 trade of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. The book explores how this "deal" was more than just a player transaction, as it involved shady financial dealings by Oilers owner Peter Pocklington and Kings owner Bruce McNall and is viewed by many as a turning point for hockey, sparking its growth in the United States, albeit through controversial circumstances. The "tears" in the title refer to the emotional press conference where Gretzky was traded, but the book suggests his tears may have been for different reasons than commonly believed