Written by I’m a Canadian and I’m not a hockey fan. I do watch hockey during the playoffs though just like I watch basketball during the playoffs. I just love playoff sports even if I don’t like the sport itself. Anyways, I’ve noticed a couple of incredibly disturbing trends in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. First, there have [...]
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Panini Dominion Hockey
First thing’s first: This is the Cup-Killer, the National Treasures of Hockey, the $350-per-box, 8-card goodness that promises six autograph or game-used cards with a minimum of three hard-signed autographed cards. Now, let’s keep it real, this is a $50-per-hit product. You can probably guarantee yourself a shitty double jersey card (left), so realistically, we’re [...]
READ MORE »The Times They’re A Changin’
The OHL Draft recently took place and the Toronto Sun has an interesting piece on the happenings and trends. There are a few interesting word choices, but none the less, it’s a short and interesting read: http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/09/hockeys-coat-of-many-colours TORONTO - The changing face of hockey in this province made startling history on Saturday when three of the first [...]
READ MORE »Enough of the Panini Nut-Busting! 2010-2011 Pinnacle Hockey
I’m a Canadian, but I’m not a hockey guy. Grew up during the Blue Jays hay-day, and I remember getting the Ontario wide survey distributed to grade-school kids asking for a name for the future Toronto NBA team. Seriously, if you ask grade-schoolers, of course they’re going to say THE RAPTORS. I can’t remember the [...]
READ MORE »Upper Deck, High Gloss, and Young Guns.
I don’t collect hockey, but I love rookie cards and short-printed, serial-numbered rookie cards in particular. When I came across these auctions, my jaw dropped. The basic Tavares UD Young Guns normally floats around $35 which seems like a reasonable enough price for an Islander. Side Note: Does anyone know of an “Islanders Collector?” That’s [...]
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Upper Deck Releases Preview Images for 2010/2011 The Cup!
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and, it’s. awesome. Upper Deck never disappoints when it comes to design, especially high-end design. They just constantly screw up the other stuff. And in 2010/2011, this will be the ultimate test for Upper Deck. The Cup is one of the premiere products on the market and it narrowly nudges out dominion in terms of [...]
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