Rookie Collections Complete!

[LuuucnDino]

With the receipt of Sobotka and Pacioretty cards today, my 08/09 and 07/08 rookie collections are now complete.

It took some 25 trades, countless ebay auctions, sportslots and beckett buys.

Here are some of the highlights:

06/07

Best Pull: Malkin MVP
Best Deal: J. Williams Free (courtesy of C&C)
Most Expensive: Stastny YG
Hardest find: Cumisky, Meech Hot Prospects
Favorite photo: Pavelski Beehive

07/08
Best Pull: Jack Johnson YG
Best Deal: Versteeg BAP $20 from a store in Ottawa
Most Expensive: Versteeg
Hardest find: Jason Jaffray
Favorite photo: Carey Price Victory

08/09
Best Pull: none - no wax bought
Best Deal: Mayorov BAP /10 off ebay for $12.05
Most Expensive: Karsums BAP /99 ebay $14
Hardest find: Karsums
Favorite photo: Tom Sestito OPC Retro

Thanks to the following HI traders:
dlowthers
89chinook
Drearick
Winniescards
Patd
Bigcheeze99
Hawksfan67
Nord
NeilNijjar
Sharkaholic

With a little rest, I'll be starting on 09/10 soon.

 

[BlindThomen]

Nicely done! Was the goal to get one of each guy, who had a RC/RC parallel in those years?
Anyway, great job with the amount of RCs put out these days.

- Sauli

 

[wildfan1833]

Congrats:beer:

 

[LuuucnDino]

Thanks. The goal was to get a card rookie of every rookie for the year. Mostly went with low-end sets, but a few were only available in higher-end sets like Ultimate or BAP.

 

[numbern9ne]

I see your hardest to find was Derek meech for 07.. he only had 2 cards that year, and they were pretty tough to track down! nice work!