Gretzky could be skating in any direction and move the puck in any direction around him and it would be a perfect tape to tape pass.
There was one game, he was setup behind the net looking around all the passing lanes were covered, he glances down at the base of the net, looks up around the ice, looks of the pass then passed the puck to a player (i forget who) by bouncing it off the base of the net....in for a goal! You just simply couldn't stop him from distributing the puck.
He was getting older with the Rangers and the only knock I could give him was he was starting to slow down. He used to fly into the zone with speed, backing up the defenders, then spin just inside the blueline and make a play. As he slowed and tried this with his time on the Rangers, often the defender would maintain gap and tight check him leading to a turnover.