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Wayne Gretzky has spent the past few days exactly where he’s built a new kind of legacy, center stage at Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports studios. Variety broke the news that Gretzky just re-upped his contract to continue as the lead voice for NHL on TNT, marking his fifth season with the network. He made a point in interviews this week to praise the crew—colleagues like Paul Bissonnette, Anson Carter, Henrik Lundqvist, and host Liam McHugh—for their chemistry and for cultivating a “team” environment where heated debates about the game never cross into animosity. The news about his extension is especially noteworthy in the broader media world, coming as Warner shuffles its sports programming with “Inside the NBA” moving to ESPN and suggesting hopes that Gretzky’s NHL coverage can anchor TNT with a signature studio show going forward. Gretzky told Variety that while he’s not reinventing the wheel, he and his crew are learning from the NBA guys and trying to let their own personalities shine, a process he says is more demanding and prep-heavy than most viewers realize.

While Gretzky himself hasn’t been part of any viral social media spats, his name remains everywhere in the hockey discourse. Connor McDavid hit a major milestone—1,100 career NHL points—and every headline from the Times of India to Pro Football Network and the league’s own news platforms highlighted how McDavid joins an exclusive club: only Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Mike Bossy ever hit that mark faster. McDavid’s achievement kicked off an avalanche of hockey nostalgia and chatter, with Gretzky’s defining numbers cropping up on social channels and sports blogs, and Gretzky’s pace once again held as the ultimate measuring stick.

NHL.com and other outlets reported that Alex Ovechkin, another Gretzky contemporary in the record book, is now pushing toward an unprecedented 900 goals, with Gretzky’s scoring records regularly referenced as Ovi’s benchmark. Meanwhile, no reports have surfaced the past few days of new business ventures, investments, or big-ticket endorsements involving Gretzky—his focus seems squarely on broadcasting and shaping the hockey conversation.

Speculation swirled after Josh Yohe of Hockey Unplugged compared Sidney Crosby’s longevity to Gretzky’s, turning some heads and generating a fresh round of “greatest ever” debates in hockey circles. Yet, there have been no confirmed new public appearances, speaking events, or headline-making Gretzky family news recently. If anything, Gretzky’s biggest headline today is exactly what it’s been for much of this decade—his enduring presence as hockey’s living legend and the undisputed gold standard by which every new superstar is measured.

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