WAYNE GRETZKY @ 28

mytalkshowheroes
May,1989.

[@gerardguitarist]

The great John Wayne said the key to doing a good interview was to hesitate before you start speaking, to speak way slower and in a way deeper voice than you usually do and smile at the end of your response. I always remembered that and here Wayne does it perfectly.

[@jasonm8017]

Gerard Guitarist 🤣 I could have used you 50 yrs ago.... or this John guy I guess

[@Chrisman77]

look at that flow.

[@nneevveerrmmoorree]

Most dominant athlete statistically in sports

[@dzanier]

yes, no question.

[@jimwade7680]

nneevveerrmmoorree no orr was...

[@walawalayaga8116]

@@jimwade7680 shut up ya goon

[@godhere6459]

@@walawalayaga8116 bobby orr was better...he play the full game....

[@timhick6]

Woods Jordan and Bryant come to mind...I think woods was about as dominant as gretzky

[@September2004]

4:17 Alexander Mogilny 5:39 Letterman was an avid hockey fan.

[@timhick6]

He would like to play in New York!!...this gets me everytime I watch this...what a humble man!!

[@dzanier]

I’m so glad he did. I’m a Rangers fan.

[@shawnsnow8900]

Very humble and greatfull, to this day, not just his skill made him the great one. Proud Canadian.

[@canucks4961]

Ya who lives in the states for over 35 years

[@kidpoker9408]

28 years old all time point leader lebron will be 37 when he passes kareem mind boggling

[@davidkruse4030]

Different sports my dude. Different scenarios.

[@michaelgriffiths8068]

@@davidkruse4030 - well, to be fair, it took Gordie Howe 26 years to set the all time points mark. Gretzky smashed it in 10 years.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

@@davidkruse4030 Yeah, Wayne had to play with a goon on his back, who was a foot taller and outweighed by 75 lbs., every night!

[@dzanier]

Boy was he diplomatic when talking about Pocklington. Wayne didn't want leave Edmonton. Only when he saw that the situation with him and Peter had become unrectifiable did he want to leave. He felt underappreciated by Pocklington, and Pocklington said some things about Wayne and his father that Wayne just couldn't overlook. The relationship had become permanently fractured.

[@nicholasbenoite5847]

Pocklington said the things he said because he knew it would force Wayne out the door. Sather wanted Wayne to stay, and Pocklington realize he messed up, but it was too late. Sad that the Oilers couldn't keep that team together for the next 10 years, I would imagine at least another 3 or 4 cups. When you have a player on your team that transcends the game, you know you have someone special.

[@doctormontalban6634]

Amazing story about finding out he was sold to Edmonton mid-flight and having to come up with the money to pay for the flight. Lol, how things have changed...in great thanks to the man himself. Great vid.

[@lambocop5488]

Wow, thank you so much for this video, I really enjoyed it. Quality is very good!

[@tms372]

A great ambassador for hockey.

[@Mrclish5000]

This man will be on Canadian money one day.

[@MANSIKKAPUURO-jl9zm]

ONE OF MY IDOLS

[@davemacri9171]

Every time I watch these these, I say to myself, sure the Jets had some great WHA days, and great players in the NHL v1 of the Jets but damn, we could of had Gretzky

[@Bdan-ez6jv]

Haha that buffalo joke was great

[@bigsteed007]

It was no joke!! 😅

[@Danimal77]

30 years ago!

[@danstaneckyj7854]

best ambassador for any sport in the world

[@kimcauchy]

Funny, the question about the NYR, 8 years after he was with NYR.

[@lambocop5488]

+kimcauchy before, not after. 7 years before as video is 1989 and joined NYR in 1996.

[@andyc9979]

@@lambocop5488 you get what he means. Get a life.

[@bluebear1985]

Wayne was sort of correct about there being six teams in the WHA at the time. At the beginning of their last season, the league had seven teams, but the Indianapolis Racers folded 25 games in. The four teams taken into the NHL at the conclusion of the season were the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets (original), Quebec Nordiques, and New England Whalers (renamed Hertford Whalers. The Birmingham Bulls and Cincinnati Stingers would fold.

[@seanhaase2152]

At 4:19 are they referencing Alexander "the great" Mogilny?

[@sibbyeskie]

Yes.

[@Serenoj69]

Not the best player back then. In 1989 I think it was still Makarov, Fetisov and Larionov (pick one of them to taste). Neither was at their prime, I think that ended just a few years before 89 with these players but they were still among the best out there and better than Mogilny.

[@googleownsyou8510]

Florida and Arizona lol. Time changes.

[@jasonm8017]

Class. Pure class......could use a hair cut but those were the times and my head is super jelly!

[@letigidou8660]

Cut that majestic flow? Sacrilege.

[@KingAceHernandez1291]

Till later on he join the rangers but wow a red wing amazing that would be

[@choosenone2die]

interview is way too short

[@After_Dawn]

Funny how Letterman makes a joke at around 6:30 about hockey not being successful in Florida and Arizona, yet ironically we have 3 teams situated in those 2 states today...

[@starwarsrebel2006]

After Dawn And at 1:48 he said"People would die if a hockey team in California wins the Stanley Cup." Since then, LA and Anaheim have won the Cup.

[@michaelmohrle1773]

Kings and Ducks got Cups now. NHL sure has expanded, Vegas, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Dallas all winners.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

NHL tv ratings are same in 1980 4% Nielsen and in 1997 4% Nielsen! Blackhawks vs Bruins in 2013 only 3,3% Nielsen! Gretzky or Miracle on ice did not made hockey popular in the USA!

[@shofforth1]

Worst trade ever! Still hate the trade to this day!

[@godhere6459]

ypu best trade ever...la love it

[@starwarsrebel2006]

No music was played when he came out. Usually, when Letterman says, "Please welcome..." the guest comes out and Paul Schaeffer and the band play something. Why didn't they play anything for Wayne?

[@letthemeatboobs]

This was his old show that was on after Johnny Carson on NBC. Some of the time they didn't play music.

[@jimwade7680]

starwarsrebel2006 hes no big deal....now if it was orr ....marching band would of been player with fire works and danicing girls...

[@starwarsrebel2006]

Jim Wade Leading scorer of all time. No big deal. Sure, whatever you say.

[@jimwade7680]

starwarsrebel2006 hay iam not the only one lots of people think orrs the best..... he play the full can.... wg was a goal suck....but good at it...

[@jimwade7680]

starwarsrebel2006

[@richardristich5282]

Was he talking about pavel bure

[@diablocanyon1]

Alex Mogilny

[@bluebear1985]

Wayne would eventually make the finals once with the Kings in 1993, but they wound up losing to the Montreal Canadiens in five games.

[@possibility28able]

Imagine if he was a wing

[@musicman76enator]

What if Gretzky went to the Blackhawks? Hmmmmm

[@amrieger]

a lot of what if's, but he said it himself around 3:40 of the video, it came down to LA or Detroit. But I am sure the name Yzerman came up and The Ilitch's said, no.

[@MisterMister5893]

28? He looks 45 here.

It was no trade. His rights were sold by Nelson Scalbania to Peter Pocklington for $1 million.

[@musicman76enator]

Are Kings fans really the best fans in hockey?

[@stevem842]

Fuck no. But Wayne always had great judgement, and said the right things. He never really opened his mouth and made waves

[@andyc9979]

Lot of great fan bases. I've met la fans. I'm from buffalo,we are obsessed with hockey and the bills and I go what's it like? They go what's what like? I go what's it feel like to win a cup? They all go eh we don't really care, most people in la don't care about hockey. I was just like wow if we won a cup I would pass out. Assumed that's how every hockey fan base felt.

[@sonjajane4426]

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[@jetshull]

hes lucky covid came around or ovechkin would pass his all time scoring record....but never say never...

[@modeo92]

And maybe, just maybe, he'll get to half of Gretzky's point total.

[@jazzman1904]

Ovechkin isn't a play maker. If he had half Gretzky's talent he'd have more than one cup. His selfish play has kept Washington back.

[@jimwade7680]

Hes allmost as good as bobby orr...

[@tomlorenzen4062]

Give it up Wade

[@tnargskoorb1]

Orr only won 2 Stanley Cups in a time when it was far less competitive.

[@godhere6459]

hes allmost as good as bobby orr...

[@kenbody4370]

Dave interrupts to much Let the guests talk .