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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 614956" data-attributes="member: 23950"><p>More news :</p><p></p><p><strong>Leafs and Oilers almost swapped cities: Pocklington</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Former Edmonton owner says he might have taken whole team to Toronto </strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Last Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 2:57 PM ET</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Canadian Press </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2009/10/11/gretzkystanley306-cp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>Peter Pocklington says Wayne Gretzky might have celebrated his 1987 Stanley Cup victory in Toronto rather than Edmonton. (Larry MacDougal/Canadian Press file)</em></p><p></p><p>A new hockey book says the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs almost traded cities in the early 1980s.</p><p>The biography of one-time Oilers owner Peter Pocklington says the scheme called for his entire team to move to Toronto to play in Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><p>Toronto's club, in turn, would have found a home in Edmonton's new arena, which at that time was called the Coliseum.</p><p>In the book <em>I'd Trade Him Again</em>, Pocklington says Leafs owner Harold Ballard was having financial troubles and made the proposal in 1980.</p><p>Ballard also wanted Pocklington to pay him $50 million in cash.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klein, post: 614956, member: 23950"] More news : [B]Leafs and Oilers almost swapped cities: Pocklington[/B] [B]Former Edmonton owner says he might have taken whole team to Toronto [/B] [B][I]Last Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 2:57 PM ET[/I][/B] [B]The Canadian Press [/B] [IMG]http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2009/10/11/gretzkystanley306-cp.jpg[/IMG] [I]Peter Pocklington says Wayne Gretzky might have celebrated his 1987 Stanley Cup victory in Toronto rather than Edmonton. (Larry MacDougal/Canadian Press file)[/I] A new hockey book says the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs almost traded cities in the early 1980s. The biography of one-time Oilers owner Peter Pocklington says the scheme called for his entire team to move to Toronto to play in Maple Leaf Gardens. Toronto's club, in turn, would have found a home in Edmonton's new arena, which at that time was called the Coliseum. In the book [I]I'd Trade Him Again[/I], Pocklington says Leafs owner Harold Ballard was having financial troubles and made the proposal in 1980. Ballard also wanted Pocklington to pay him $50 million in cash. [/QUOTE]
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