Chooch, it sounds like you would like my neighbour.
He is convinced there was a league-wide conspiracy, involving everyone from management to on ice officials, that Gretzky was not allowed to be hit.
Apparently, he had free range of the ice and anyone who hit him got in trouble. The rookie Leafs player who cranked Gretzky at the blueline, and never played again is his favorite point to support his argument.
In a game that had already seen the likes of Guy Lafleur, Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Bobby Hull, and Gordie Howe, along comes Wayne Gretzky, who still took the game to another level. A level Lemieux almost matched, but not quite.