The Man Who Traded Wayne Gretzky Has Had It with Media Vilification

On March 8, Edmonton Journal reporter Cam Cole took a shot at former Oilers NHL hockey team owner Peter Pocklington in an article about the current movements of NFL star quarterback Peyton Manning. The third paragraph reads:

Pocklington, basically a small-timer trying to play with the big boys of NHL ownership, couldn’t afford to do that, couldn’t possibly make an exception even for the game’s most exceptional player without having his entire financial house of cards collapse.

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