Wayne "The Great One" Gretzky at age 49 arguably the greatest hockey player of all time will return for one final season with the Edmonton Oilers. 18 time all star Gretzky who is the all time leader in goals (894) assists (1,963) and points (2,857). Gretzky said that he wants to win one last championship before he retires for good. He wants to do it where he began his career and where he won 4 straight Stanley cups in Edmonton. Gretzky played with 4 NHL teams during his 21 year career. He played 9 season with the Edmonton Oilers where he won 4 championships. He was then traded to the Los Angeles Kings which was one of the biggest trades in the history of the NHL. In LA he played for 8 years and he failed to win another championship while playing there. In 1996 he got traded to the St. Louis Blues and there he played the remainder of the 96 season and that would be all he played in St. Louis. In that offseason he signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers where he reunited with longtime Edmonton Oilers teammate Mark Messier. He played his last 3 season of his career as a New York Ranger. He never won another championship after playing in Edmonton but that is why he returned he wants to win one last one before ending his career for good. Wayne Gretzky has been working out in Edmonton with current players Sam ganger, Ales Hemskey and Dustin Penner all summer with the team trainers to get him back into shape. The Oilers who had the worst record in the NHL in the 09-10 season are looking to make a Stanley cup run and make it again since they were last there against the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. The great one will try and be great once again for the team that started it all for him.
