FILE--Los Angeles Kings hockey star Wayne Gretzky gives a happy thumbs up sign Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995, after it was announced that there was a settlement of the 103-day-old labor dispute and the season would resume. Gretzky, the hockey great who failed to win a Stanley Cup in Los Angeles, was traded to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, ending weeks of rumor and speculation about his future. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, John McCoy)