Yabut look what followed. The 1980s might as well be renamed the "99s"
That Oilers team of the mid-1980's was something special, they were so talented that the core won a cup 'after' Gretzky departed. Think about how many of them went to the HoF. Besides Gretzky and Messier you had Kurri, Coffey, Fuhr, Anderson, Lowe, Huddy, Tikkanen, and Kevin Gregg.