Michael Franzeze brought me here.

Make a moneyball style movie about Bruce McNall and how he grew the NHL.... I'd go see it.

I still have my black and silver Kings jersey... Been 20+ years and I never wore it once. I have wore other Jerseys, plenty of them! But not that one... Its too special.

Bruce made the LA Kings the cool team in the early 90s. Those where the days.

He should be in the Hall of Fame. If not, let him build one in LA and call it the McNall of Fame. I'd pay to visit it.

It takes a man to admit when you're wrong and to accept responsibility for it and the fact that all his friends stood by his side amd no one turned their back on him says everything you need to know about Bruce Mcnall

The Great One wouldn't let his jersey retired as a LA King until Mr. McNall could be in attendance. That speaks volumes. Sorry, he was the best thing that happened to hockey in the US.

There is no doubt he helped the game grow to what it is today. I grew up with Bruce and the Kings during this time and I’m still a fan! We all make mistakes and he has served his time. Thanks Bruce!

He will get in eventually, the buzz across the hockey world will never be as big as it was when Wayne went to L.A.! If that trade didnt happen there would be no expansion teams in the lower half of the US, California and in Vegas now. Sure Atlanta and now Arizona and Florida are never going to be San Jose or Nashville but there's no Auston Matthews if there's no Bruce McNall.

Met him at a ranger game and he signed my ticket. Seemed like a nice dude. I remember when he bought the Honus Wagner card

if you ever meet Marty Mcsorely don't bring up his illegal stick he's still pissed about it

Wow great doc didn't know some of this stuff he should be in the hall of fame as a builder

Bruce McNall is a great guy. He was a visionary. I wish he was back in the NHL

HE Did what We all would have done ; Lie, cheat, steal, ANYTHING ,.... TO GET THE GREAT ONE !!

He never ripped off Hockey or the NHL......He screwed the banks.....Boo Hoo...

met him in person coolest guy i've ever met

I love the picture of the old Spago's restaurant. If you have the pleasure of eating at that restaurant today in Beverly Hills, that's what McNall did to the Kings and the NHL!

The part where I heard that he was scamming the bank's really broke my heart. 😂🤣😂🤣😂

Miss my Nordique

Clever, savvy, con artist. But with the money he conned, he did really well growing hockey in America.

He brought in Bettman..... That's gonna be a no HOF nomination from me dog.

All the best Bruce and thanks for all the good memories.

I have to thank him for some great sports memories. In LA and Toronto.👍

He brought the greatest hockey player to LA but they didn't win any Stanley Cups. He's still the greatest player however.

As a Bruce fan i don't think he should be in the hall of fame. But his legacy should always be remembered. Hate him or love him he personally did expand the league from 21 to 32. And you can't argue that.

"Eat your heart out, John Spano." - Bruce McNall

You brought a lot of joy to people Bruce. You did a fantastic thing for hockey. you made a big difference in the hockey world. That makes you a good person Bruce and Bless you.

What doesn’t like Bruce McNall? Ask those he stole from.

i saw Bruce Mc in Malibu getting off my moto I looked over & I immediately ran up to him & thanked him for the memories I thanked him twice & just said again " bruce thank you for saving the Kings for all the memories the gretzky deal is the greatest deal in sports history & even bigger than Babe Ruth's Yankees deal, THANK YOU!" PS. IT SHOULD BE TITLED the rise & fall & rise of BMc

this guy deserve to be in the HOF hands down! He's the one who made the Gretzky deal happen, and who was part of building hockey in the States... which led to many other franchise around the southern west area of the country. He is part of whom made hockey known at the same level as the other big leagues. Regardless of his financial crime, which is a personal one, it has nothing to do with his huge part of what he accomplished for the game of hockey. If idiots like Ovi could be part of the HOF because of being a single goal scorer, then you have no choice on putting someone who is responsible for someone like OVI to have success in America today.

4:30 “everything went crazy overnight” that’s for sure. I will never forget being at work in a grocery on the 6:00 am news comes on the radio and the headline was, “Wayne Gretzky May be coming to the Kings” and I thought, “Yeah right, Gretzky will never come to the Kings”

Bruce is a good man!! Thick, thin, and throughout

The NHL should pay off all this guy’s tax debts for all he did for hockey.

He definitely took a huge risk and even though it ended up not being good for him it did change hockey in the U.S forever. Had he not of did what he did things wouldn’t have changed down there. I believe he deserves being in the Hall of Fame. He did his time for the crime.

Marty McSorley was a very good defenseman and tough guy! Sadly, when I think of him my first thought is how he possibly cost the Kings a third Cup with a foolish penalty when Kings were 40 seconds from a 2-0 lead against Montreal.

8:38 McNall's hustling of banks. 9:08 Robitaille witnesses Gretzky and McNall's having intense conversations on the plane. 10:31 Robitaille was shocked at how big the debt numbers were. 11:14 Trump's advice to Bruce.

Don’t forget the other schiester in the Gretzky deal pocklington was bleeding money and leveraged Wayne to balance out cash flow for a while. AB economy was brutal in the late 80s with the national energy program that screwed the west. I think if other owners had enquired Gretzky could have been traded anywhere if they put up over 15 million like Bruce did plus Gretzky wanted out due to his so called poor pay at the time of $850000. Pocklington is absolutely hated in Edmonton for many reasons not just trading Gretzky as per bruce in LA very opposite However it’s 2 different cultures as well conservative Alberta and good values vs Hollywood elites and libtards in LA TO GET POLITICAL LOL

Just read Brunt's book. 99 Tears

If he ripped people of he's still a crook. Look, I enjoy Michael Franzese too but a crook is a crook. Don't be brainwashed.

Yea, he brought Gretzky to L.A. Hockey west of the Mississippi would have happened anyway with or without him in time

Inmate or not Bruce did wonders for the game. Too bad he didnt also get royalties for sharing the Kings territory along with the 25 mil. We label people so easily but Bruce created many millionaires and high paying jobs with his actions.

Only one complaint he sold out, John Candy and sold Argo's. He should do something, Here in Canada NHL is our game started here and is ours. I think he should of make a new team here in Canada Quebec Nordiques.

If players in the mlb get the chance to make the Hof then so should he

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BRUCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROCK ON!!

Class guy

Should Bruce be in the Hall? Yes and no. As a Kings fan, I'd say an emphatic yes. For all the reasons stated. But also, no. At least not now. Perhaps at a later time. In a different climate. And maybe even perhaps posthumously. The current optics just won't allow it to happen. Are there owners in the Hall that did things as illegal as he did? Perhaps. But just like Bruce himself said, his actions were far more public. Ask yourself, what would the HoF be saying about itself, if it allowed Bruce McNall into the Hall, today?

he was a great crook,thx bruce for the greatest years in hockey

The only reason Gretzky went to the Kings is because Pocklington was having money difficulties. Pocklington should have just sold the Oilers.

Is Ty Cobb in MLB Hall of Fame? Bad guys have done big things. If voted to the Hall, we should remember the big things. He's acknowledged his crimes and paid the price.

I believe bruce owned a honus wagner t206 card.david Copperfield got word and invented a trick with that repro card and wayne G. Should be on KZfaq

Go Kings Go!!

He did a great job

HOCKEY WAS, IS , WILL ALWAYS be coool Luc..... if people don't know, that is their problem

con man anyone else still be in the joint

Hall of Famer - no questions.

I personally think he should be in Hall of Fame he deserves it

His voice is quite equal to the voice of Toronto 's deceased mayor Rob Ford!

So the Great One was moved to LA and hockey was changed by a guy who never had any of his own money essentially. By 94 he was already defaulted on 90 million. The money to get Wayne never was his. That's America for you.

Wwe has snuka in their HoF nuff said

There's a psychopathic appearance to this guy that really bothers me. Someone who defrauds banks out of hundreds of millions of dollars to keep up a facade of success, while also putting him and his employees in jeopardy is abnormally irresponsible and reckless. He also seems like a dilettante and a charmer. He might have done important things for hockey at one time. But there's something about this guy's fundamental personality that just seems fundamentally off.

Doubt he will get into the Hallof Fame. They would have done it by now. His impact on the NHL should get him in, but because of what he did financially, it leaves a stain on his resume. Look at Pete Rose from baseball.. he's still waiting for an induction that may never come....

Snake Oil salesman - Bruce McNall.

In a perfect world, Gretzky stays in Edmonton and never goes to LA. Then there are no Sun Belt or hot weather city teams in the NHL. Instead the only expansion teams or teams that relocate are San Jose, Colorado, Columbus, and Ottawa. That's right, the Sharks absolutely would exist without Gretzky in LA because plans for a downtown arena in San Jose for an NHL or NBA team were approved years before the trade and North Stars were blocked from moving to San Jose.

Let Bruce in, then let Pete in

Interesting Wayne wasn't interviewed.....wonder why.......ha

Poor Luc Robitaille sounds like he had a stroke. Too many headers into the boards.

18 cents divided into 337 million. Hmm Bruce you coulda had that paid off sometime in 3037 😄

I think the gradual deterioration of the NHL began here. The corporatization / big biz/ big contracts / glitzy fluff cheesy tacky showbiz factor started here. It's now a sport with too many watered down teams, with players who all look and move the same. Yawn. Going back to my Canada Cup '84 game now. Bye

i.e.? The abbreviation e.g.-short for the Latin phrase exempli gratia-means for example. It is different from i.e.-short for the Latin id est-which means that is, namely, or in other words. The two are sometimes mixed up, but other than being abbreviations of Latin phrases, they share no common ground. You're making a series on someone yet you cant use language properly? Weird.

If I where Bruce I would never take advice from Donald con man trump

Who F'in cares about this Foreigner & his Foreign team.