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    2024 Year In Review

    This will be quick as I only bought 36 cards! No sets, no packs, no boxes. What can I say? Of the 36, 31 were from Leaf and 5 were from Upper Deck. 2024 Haul As you can see, it's dominated by the 2020-21 Pro Set Memories set which is one of my favorites. It was an unusually good year for Green...
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    What I'd Like To See: The Cup 1990-91

    As we continue to blur the lines of what season any given set belongs to, why not just take it to the extreme and begin releasing sets waaaaaaaaaaay out of season? I'd really like Upper Deck to create and release The Cup 1990-91. I think it would be a huge success. The 1990-91 set is perhaps...
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    Strong Skating Mats Sundin

    I have only one thing to say about this acquisition: "WOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" This is my first parallel patch card from the 2005-06 Cup set and what a player! Mats Sundin is one of my all-time favorites and that's a pretty solid patch for Toronto - a little bit of bud...
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    Young Guns Analysis - Goalies

    With the Caps-Flyers playing in the background, I decided to look at completed eBay sales for active goaltenders and get a range of both price and activity for them. eBay's completed sales go back 3 months. <50 transactions was rated as Low activity, 50-100 Moderate, and anything over 100 as...
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    Gaps in Your Collection

    I've collected cards since 1986. Some years I'm more engaged than others. But even in years where I'm inactive, I will typically backfill at some point. But looking over my collection of 25000 non- Pro Set cards (I own a LOT of Pro Set), I see two years with major gaps. 1998-99 The 4 years...
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    Laughing at a journal I kept 6 years ago

    In January of 2015, I returned to the hobby after a long hiatus and to keep things interesting for myself, I kept a journal for about 45 days. It was an electronic journal, so I can easily share some of it with you. Here's me really undervaluing the 2014-15 UD Series 1: "Pondered how much a...
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    Late Night Arcane Goalie Trivia

    I've talked about this card before because it's one of a kind: That's Sean Burke wearing the old Whalers jersey with the 75th anniversary patch. Here's the trick: Burke didn't play for Hartford in 1991-92. So what is this? It's a pre-season game. The Whalers unveiled the navy blue re-design...
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    Woe is Kessel

    I have a small Phil Kessel collection that I started back in 2006 and from time to time I'll add a few cards to it. Now I knew his value would take a hit when he relocated to Arizona, a team that has approximately 850 fans in total. (I kid, I kid...maybe 8500 in total. ;) ) But I didn't hope it...
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    Jan-Feb Stuff: Pasta al Daigle

    Here's some stuff I've bought in the last six weeks, going from least rare to rarest: A Dubois sandwich on Hughes bread My timing on the two Hughes was very good, picking them up just before he doubled in value. My timing on Dubois was not as good, buying him when speculation peaked of him...
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    Time To Play Arcane Goalie Trivia Again

    Who have the Flyers just scored on? Is that too little? This will help. Ok, so it won't be hard to guess who it is. But there is still something interesting about these photos of him. What might it be? Mike
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    My Cup Overfloweth: 2005-06 Base Set

    Hello! Very excited about today's post because it's something I'd been working on for some time. Back in 2007, I started picking up 2005-06 Cup base cards. At the time, they were afterthoughts, and I got quite a few of them inexpensively. I'd pick up a piece every now and then, but entering...
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    Flashback: A Rainbow of Dumoulin

    Was taking some newer pictures of parts of my collection, and thought I'd repost: Biddeford's own Brian Dumoulin! I never - NEVER - thought someone from my hometown would play in the NHL. I decided not to do a full player collection of him, but did want something, so when the Select 1/1...
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    Catching Up With 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee

    Last month, I completed my collection of 1980s OPC sets by picking up the last on my list, 1980-81. I have long owned the Topps set, that of the notorious scratch off puck. And 1980 is before my time in terms of watching hockey, so way back in the day I didn't know who I was looking at. Do you...
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    Alternate Universe: RC Busts of the Mid80s

    Today, collectors/investors/fools (hard to tell the difference some times, right?) will pay $200 for a rookie card before that player has even hit the ice. But it wasn't like that in the 80s. But...what if it was? Behold some of the cards that are cursed by name in so many alternate universes...
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    The real time madness is back!

    We're a mere two periods into the season and Joel Farabee is off to a 3 point start...and his cards are getting snatched at a rapid rate on eBay. Effing crazy. Mike
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