With only two games left in the New York Rangers season, the question is being asked: Is this the end for Wayne Gretzky, the greatest hockey player in history? Speculation has heated up that Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, will hang up his skates after this season, and the Rangers have already been eliminated from playoff contention. There is some reason to believe he will retire; advancing age and lingering injuries definitely slowed the Great One during the 1998-99 campaign. But friends say that whatever Gretzky plans to do, he isn't talking. Yet.
Gretzky's Swan Song?
With only two games left in the New York Rangers season, the question is being asked: Is this the end for Wayne Gretzky, the greatest hockey player in history? Speculation has heated up that Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, will hang up his skates after this season, and the Rangers have already been eliminated from playoff contention. There is some reason to believe he will retire; advancing age and lingering injuries definitely slowed the Great One during the 1998-99 campaign. But friends say that whatever Gretzky plans to do, he isn't talking. Yet.