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  1. Wayne has been involved in two giant
  2. changes in the history of the NHL. The
  3. first change occurred in 1979, when
  4. WayneΓÇÖs team, the Edmonton Oilers,
  5. along with the Winnipeg Jets, the
  6. Quebec Nordiques, and Hartford
  7. Whalers, joined the NHL. Those teams
  8. had been part of the World Hockey
  9. Association, which merged with the
  10. NHL.
  11.  
  12. The second change occurred when
  13. Wayne was traded to the Los Angeles
  14. Kings. Hockey became very popular in a
  15. warm-weather city for the first time.