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Wayne Gretzky hits the big 5-0 on Wednesday and you'd think the NHL would fete one of the greatest players to ever play, if not the greatest, with a birthday party at the All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C., this weekend.But unless there's a sudden thaw in relations, that's not about to happen.
As bizarre as it sounds, Wayne Gretzky is not connected to the NHL these days. The holder of four dozen NHL records has stepped away from the NHL over the Phoenix Coyotes saga.
The history books will show that the NHL basically threw Gretzky under the bus during its court battle with Jim Basillie when he tried to wrest control of the Phoenix Coyotes in bankruptcy court.
Gretzky was coach of the Coyotes at the time and he stepped back from the fray and it cost him. He's owed at least $8.5 million in guaranteed money, and the total could jump to $20 million when all is said and done.
Gretzky, as is his custom, has been mum on the subject since he walked away after being deemed an unsecured creditor in Phoenix.
He had every right to sue the league and he didn't. And he had more than enough ammo to embarrass the NHL.
But that is not his style. Never was and never will be.
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