He was officially a centerman, but played more like a winger. He generated many opportunities as a result of odd-man rushes and quick counter attacks, and he knew that he could draw numerous opponents towards him to create space for teammates. He understood how to take advantage of primitive defensive systems and ill-prepared defenders with pivots, turns, and unorthodox behavior.
There are a lot of signature Gretzky plays in this package, including his button hook, his slap shot fake, his two-on-ones, etc.
The plays in this package are sequenced in a specific manner so as to illustrate his usual types of plays and positioning. There are clips where he exits the defensive zone early and that's all that happens, specifically to show that he usually did exactly that. There are other clips where he spends time setting up plays, weaves around, carries the puck into the offensive zone, dodges a check, or chips the puck up to a teammate who is speeding up the ice. Not every play results in a goal.
This is not a goal reel; it's a concise look at his average shifts and his tendencies to give viewers a sense of what his shift-to-shift contributions were.