Wait wait wait, hol' up...it's been HOW LONG since my last mail post???

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Mail Call – It’s been HOW LONG since my last one?!?



OK, so it’s been OVER FIVE YEARS since my last mail post. Personal stuff, professional stuff…just lots of stuff getting in the way. I have a few piles of cards accumulating, and quite frankly, am tired of looking at them just sitting there. Everything needs to be scanned, catalogued, and put away. So, I may as well show them off in the process.

This will also be my first attempt showing pictures from my Google Drive, so we’ll see how this works LOL.


From Norstrom (Magnus) way back in October of 2020:


2015-16 OPC Platinum Red Prism #126 Bryan Little /149
2015-16 OPC Platinum Retro Gold Rainbow #R96 Ronalds Kenins /149
Not pictured: 2018-19 OPC Platinum base and rookies for my set which I’m not actively working on anymore.
- Better late than never with the shoutout. Thanks Magnus!



From piper1 (Pete), also October of 2020:


2019-20 Upper Deck #236 Martin Fehervary RC
2015-16 OPC Platinum Seismic Gold #135 Bobby Ryan /50
2015-16 OPC Platinum Marquee Rookies Black Ice #M49 Nick Ritchie /99




From Wildfan1833 (Cole), staying with October 2020:


2016-17 The Cup #117 Nic Dowd RC



October, 2020 was one of my busier months in recent memory, and it’s capped off by a massive deal with allonblack (Shawn):



2007-08 O-Pee-Chee #586 Daniel Winnik RC
2007-08 O-Pee-Chee Silver #599 Jeff Schultz
2007-08 SP Game Used #138 Jaroslav Halak RC /999
2011-12 Pinnacle #260 Devante Smith-Pelly RC


2011-12 SP Game Used #144 Devante Smith-Pelly RC /699
2012-13 Donruss Elite Limited #12 Aaron Ness /5
2012-13 Certified #160 Brenden Dillon RC /999
2012-13 O-Pee-Chee Red #569 Brenden Dillon


2013-14 Hot Prospects #103 Andrej Sustr / Eriah Hayes / Jayson Megna RC /399
2013-14 Hot Prospects Ultra #42 Justin Schultz
2013-14 Panini Contenders #206 Michael Sgarbossa RC
2013-14 Panini Contenders #209 Richard Panik RC


2013-14 Panini Prime #116 Justin Schultz RC /199
2013-14 Panini Prizm Blue Pulsar #238 Justin Schultz
2013-14 Panini Select Auto Prime Prizm #289 Justin Schultz /25
2013-14 Score #603 Richard Panik RC


2013-14 SP Authentic #204 Jayson Megna RC /1299
2013-14 Titanium #106 Radko Gudas RC /75
2013-14 Titanium #280 Jayson Megna RC /59
2013-14 Totally Certified #215 Alex Chiasson RC


2013-14 Totally Certified Auto Jersey #202 Dmitrij Jaskin
2013-14 Upper Deck #240 Justin Schultz RC
2014-15 Black Diamond #176 Trevor van Riemsdyk RC
2014-15 Black Diamond #229 Evgeny Kutznetsov RC


2014-15 Black Diamond Orange #176 Trevor van Riemsdyk
2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Red #533 Evgeny Kutznetsov
2014-15 OPC Platinum White Ice #183 Evgeny Kutznetsov /199
2014-15 SP Authentic #231 Tyler Graovac RC /999


2014-15 SP Game Used Patch #173 Evgeny Kuznetsov /99
2014-15 SPx 97-98 Retro #63 Evgeny Kutznetsov
2014-15 UD Masterpieces #167 Evgeny Kutznetsov RC
2015-16 Hot Prospects #186 Zachary Fucale RC /499


2015-16 Upper Deck #461 Zachary Fucale RC
2015-16 Upper Deck Canvas #C214 Zachary Fucale

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2016-17 Fleer Showcase Ultra #U5 Anthony Mantha /599
2016-17 Fleer Showcase Ultra Platinum Medallion #U14 Zach Sanford /99
2016-17 O-Pee-Chee #587 Anthony Mantha RC
2016-17 OPC Platinum Ice Blue Traxx #185 Anthony Mantha


2016-17 OPC Platinum Rainbow Color Wheel #185 Anthony Mantha
2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro Gold Rainbow #R91 Brendan Leipsic /149
2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro Orange Rainbow #R91 Brendan Leipsic /49
2016-17 Parkhurst #331 Brendan Leipsic RC


2016-17 SP Authentic Spectrum #S54 Zach Sanford
2016-17 SP Game Used Yellow Jersey #120 Anthony Mantha /399
2016-17 SP Game Used Purple #120 Anthony Mantha
2016-17 SP Game Used Purple #160 Brendan Leipsic


2016-17 Upper Deck #247 Nic Dowd RC
2016-17 UD Ice #177 Brendan Leipsic RC /499
2016-17 UD Ovation Blue #59 Anthony Mantha
2016-17 UD Premier #74 Brendan Leipsic RC /299


2016-17 UD Trilogy Level 1 Black #74 Anthony Mantha /99
2016-17 UD Ultimate Introductions #56 Nic Dowd /5
2017-18 O-Pee-Chee Retro #643 Christian Djoos
2017-18 The Cup #148 Madison Bowey RC /249


2017-18 UD Black Autograph #LR-MB Madison Bowey /175
2017-18 UD Black Onyx #LR-MB Madison Bowey /25
2017-18 UD Premier Jersey #64 Madison Bowey
2018-19 UD Ice #66 Shane Gersich RC /1299


2019-20 O-Pee-Chee #623 Martin Fehervary RC
2019-20 O-Pee-Chee Retro #623 Martin Fehervary
2019-20 SP Authentic Spectrum FX #S60 Martin Fehervary
2019-20 Upper Deck Canvas #C266 Beck Malenstyn


2019-20 Upper Deck Clear Cut #480 Beck Malenstyn
2020-21 Artifact Emerald #RED219 Vitek Vanecek /99
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #622 Connor McMichael RC
2020-21 Parkhurst #289 Alex Alexeyev RC


2020-21 SP Game Used Golden Burst #135 Connor McMichael /299
2020-21 UD Allure #94 Connor McMichael RC
2020-21 Upper Deck #486 Philippe Maillet RC
2015-16 OPC Platinum Retro Gold Rainbow #R49 Johnny Gaudreau /149


2015-16 OPC Platinum Marquee Rookie White Ice #M5 Malcom Subban /199
2015-16 OPC Platinum Marquee Rookie White Ice #M24 Colton Parayko /199


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Moving forward to November 2020, this is from M.Munday (from Facebook, IIRC):


All from 2020-21 UD Tim Hortons:
#8 Alex Ovechkin, #46 Nicklas Backstrom, #74 John Carlson, #78 Tom Wilson, #92 Evgeny Kuznetsov
Red Die-Cut #DC-4 Alex Ovechkin, #DC-35 John Carlson
Cup Winners #CW-6 John Carlson, #CW-14 Nicklas Backstrom, #CW-15 Alex Ovechkin
Gold Etchings #G-10 Alex Ovechkin



Ahead to December 2020, from CaptainMessy (Stephen):


1993-94 Score Dynamic Duo #DD7 Wayne Gretzky/Jari Kurri
1995-96 Topps Marquee Men Power Boosters #375 Wayne Gretzky
1995-96 Topps Profiles #PF-1 Wayne Gretzky
1991-92 Pro-Set NNO Santa Claus
1996-97 Upper Deck Lord Stanley’s Heroes #LS20 Saku Koivu (available)



Some non-hockey from JFried1029 (James) in December 2020:


2010 Bowman Sterling #1 Stephen Strasburg RC
2012 Allen and Ginter #12 Bryce Harper RC
2013 Topps Triple Threads Auto Relic #TTAR-RG Robert Griffin III
- Three Washington sports stars, two of which had injury problems, the other supported the other team when the Caps won the Cup, and then foresaw the Nationals World Series title after signing in Philly :laugh::laugh:




This is from my Secret Santa in 2020, Andy K. I’m not sure what your user name is, so speak up and take credit!



2019-20 Upper Deck #236 Martin Fehervary RC
2020-21 Upper Deck #211 Vitek Vanecek RC
2012-13 Score Check-It #C3 Alex Ovechkin
2013-14 Score Team Score #TS-5 Alex Ovechkin


2013-14 Select Fire on Ice #FS-39 Alex Ovechkin
2018-19 SP Authentic Profiles #AP-AO Alex Ovechkin /649
2018-19 Upper Deck Portraits #P-44 Alex Ovechkin
2019-20 Upper Deck Portraits #P-30 Alex Ovechkin


2020-21 Upper Deck Debut Dates #DD-16 Ilya Samsonov
2020-21 Upper Deck Portraits #P-5 Alex Ovechkin
2020-21 Upper Deck Rookie Retrospectives #RR-7 Ilya Samsonov




In February 2021, jsokol1626 (Joe) dealt these to me:

2001-02 Adrenaline Retail #203 Ilya Kovalchuk RC
2001-02 Head’s Up #103 Ilya Kovalchuk RC /999
2001-02 Topps Chrome #149 Ilya Kovalchuk RC
2005-06 Upper Deck Rookie Showcase bronze #RS18 Zach Parise



March 2021. BigBarracuda (Glenn). Big trade for needs for both.


1998-99 SPx Finite #62 Roberto Luongo, #76 Maxim Afinogenov, #78 Alexei Volkov RC, #85 Barrett Heisten RC /1999

(continued, still)

 

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2015-16 OPC Platinum Red Prism #56 Brayden Schenn /149
2015-16 OPC Platinum Marquee Rookie Red Prism #M30 Max Domi /149
2015-16 OPC Platinum Seismic Gold #61 Bo Horvat /50
2015-16 OPC Platinum Seismic Gold #145 Marian Hossa /50




From September, 2021, and Keon14leafs (Gary), a nice assortments of PC items:


2010-11 Upper Deck French #227 Casey Wellman RC
2016-17 Artifacts Materials Silver #166 Anthony Mantha /399
2016-17 Upper Deck #213 Anthony Mantha RC
2016-17 UD MVP #287 Brendan Leipsic RC


2016-17 UD MVP #296 Anthony Mantha RC
2016-17 UD MVP Silver Script #296 Anthony Mantha
2017-18 O-Pee-Chee Rainbow #626 Madison Bowey
2017-18 OPC Platinum Retro #R88 Riley Barber


2018-19 SP Blue #116 Ilya Samsonov
2019-20 Upper Deck Canvas #C235 Martin Fehervary
1997-98 Black Diamond Double Diamond #71 Marco Sturm


1997-98 Black Diamond Triple Diamond #7 Mark Messier, #9 Owen Nolan, #39 Chris Osgood, #126 Curtis Joseph, #134 Ed Belfour


2007-08 Black Diamond #184 Mario Lemieux
2015-16 OPC Platinum Black Ice #82 Andrew Ladd /99, #127 Jason Pominville /99
2015-16 OPC Platinum Marquee Rookie White Ice #M18 Nick Shore


2015-16 OPC Platinum Retro Gold Rainbow #R43 Steven Stamkos
2017-18 Upper Deck #493 Colin White RC
2017-18 Upper Deck Centennial Standouts #CS23 Henrik Lundqvist, #CS54 Red Kelly, #CS82 Dale Hawerchuk, #CS84Pat LaFontaine, #CS90 Brett Hull

(yes, still going)

 

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A Facebook deal with a gentlemen named James, who is also doing the 2015-16 OPC Platinum parallels. A needs-for-haves swap to help each other out.



Black Ice /99 #94 Nikita Kucherov
Blue Cubes /75 #43 Semyon Varlamov, #112 Zemgus Girgensons


Red Prism /149 #39 Cam Ward, #86 Nicklas Backstrom, #139 Jordan Eberle


Seismic Gold /50 #6 Loui Eriksson, #12 Mike Hoffman, #13 Mike Smith, #25 Evgeni Malkin, #26 Mike Cammalleri, #28 Keith Yandle, #31 Jonas Hiller, #59 James van Riemskyk, #67 Tyler Johnson, #70 Pavel Datsyuk, #88 Sergei Bobrovsky, #111 Mike Ribeiro, #128 Alex Galchenyuk, #139 Jordan Eberle


White Ice /199 #2 Steve Mason, #108 Kyle Turris, #141 Alexander Steen, #149 Ondrej Pavelec


Marquee Rookie Seismic Gold /50 #M21 Hunter Shinkaruk
Marquee Rookie White Ice /199 #M27 Juuse Saros, #M38 Nikolaj Ehlers, #M40 Jake Virtanen



This brings us to Christmas, 2021. I took part in the US edition of Secret Santa, and my special Santa from PA (thanks Nick!) sent these awesome Caps goodies!


2019-20 O-Pee-Chee Blue Border #623 Martin Fehervary
2019-20 OPC Platinum #153 Martin Fehervary RC
2019-20 SP Game Used Rainbow #123 Martin Fehervary /299
2007-08 O-Pee-Chee Buyback Auto – 1989-90 O-Pee-Chee #55 Rod Langway


2018-19 SP Game Used All-Star Skills Fabrics #AS-BH Braden Holtby
2006-07 UD Power Play In Action #IA14 Alex Ovechkin
2007-08 Ultra Go To Players #GT1 Alex Ovechkin, Total O #TO2 Alex Ovechkin


2009-10 Upper Deck Top Guns #TG7 Alex Ovechkin
2011-12 Artifacts Star #121 Alex Ovechkin /999
2012-13 Panini Limited #47 Carl Hagelin /299
2015-16 UD Ice Glacial Graph #GG-CH Carl Hagelin

(yep, just like the energizer bunny)

 

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2019-20 Artifacts Teal #18 Anthony Mantha /45
2019-20 Parkhurst View from the Ice #V-3 Alex Ovechkin
2019-20 SP Authentic Essentials #SPE-JC John Carlson


2019-20 Upper Deck Canvas #C150 John Carlson
2019-20 Upper Deck Pure Energy #PE-1 Alex Ovechkin, #PE-44 Evgeny Kuznetsov
2019-20 UD MVP Award Winner #PW-RR Alex Ovechkin


2019-20 UD Synergy Red #25 Alex Ovechkin
2020-21 Upper Deck Street Clothes variation #191 Alex Ovechkin
2020-21 Upper Deck Canvas #C204 Alex Ovechkin


The next mail didn’t arrive until June 2022, when I made a deal with rene73 (Dennis) for a whole smorgasbord of cards for a number of different PCs.


2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Red #540 Peter LeBlanc
2017-18 O-Pee-Chee Rainbow #643 Christian Djoos
1993-94 Topps Premier Finest #4 Owen Nolan
1993-94 Topps Premier Finest #10 Mario Lemieux


2013-14 Panini Prizm #386 Freddie Hamilton RC
2013-14 Score #622 Rickard Rakell RC
2013-14 Score #640 Stefan Matteau RC
2013-14 Score #709 Kevin Connauton RC
2013-14 Score #559 Loui Eriksson/Alex Goligoski/Kari Lehtonen/Antoine Roussel (not pictured)


2015-16 OPC Platinum Black Ice #17 Teuvo Teravainen /99
2015-16 OPC Platinum Black Ice #98 Adam Henrique /99
2015-16 OPC Platinum Blue Cubes #94 Nikita Kucherov /75
2015-16 OPC Platinum Red Prism #28 Keith Yandle /149


2015-16 OPC Platinum Red Prism #35 Zach Parise /149
2015-16 OPC Platinum Marquee Rookie Seismic Gold #M15 Daniel Sprong /50
2015-16 OPC Platinum White Ice #60 Ryan Miller /199
2015-16 OPC Platinum White Ice #109 Gabriel Landeskog /199


2015-16 OPC Platinum White Ice #148 Tyler Ennis /199
2015-16 OPC Platinum Marquee Rookie White Ice #M47 Adam Pelech /199
- The Sprong here is pulling double duty, holding spots for both my Caps RC PC and OPC Platinum PC, so it’s a huge get.


(hey guess what! Keep reading!)

 

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In July of 2022, I completed a HUGE deal with Zunato (Juan) to make a massive dent in my 2015-16 OPC Platinum needs:


Black Ice /99: #8 Drew Doughty, #12 Mike Hoffman, #14 Anders Lee, #15 Erik Karlsson, #21 Nazem Kadri, #23 James Neal, #26 Michael Cammalleri, #27 Mark Scheifele, #34 Max Pacioretty, #35 Zach Parise, #38 Jaroslav Halak, #40 Henrik Zetterberg, #41 Shane Doan, #44 Vladimir Tarasenko, #51 Aaron Ekblad, #52 Jonathan Quick, #62 Steve Mason, #63 Ryan O’Reilly, #64 Sam Reinhart, #73 Eric Staal, #76 Joe Pavelski, #77 Jeff Carter, #81 Jonathan Bernier, #84 Patrick Sharp, #85 Jarome Iginla, #87 Shea Weber, #90 Tyler Seguin, #91 Brendan Gallagher, #92 Nick Foligno, #95 Nathan MacKinnon, #99 Ryan Johansen, #101 Thomas Vanek, #102 Brad Marchand, #104 Matt Moulson, #106 Martin Jones, #113 Cam Talbot, #114 Marc-Andre Fleury, #128 Alex Galchenyuk, #131 Marian Gaborik, #132 Alexandre Burrows, #134 Mike Green, #135 Bobby Ryan, #137 John Carlson, #139 Jordan Eberle, #141 Alexander Steen, #142 Brandon Saad, #144 Dion Phaneuf, #148 Tyler Ennis, #149 Ondrej Pavelec, #160 Cam Neely /50

Blue Cubes /75: #6 Loui Eriksson, #8 Drew Doughty, #16 Radim Vrbata, #20 Corey Perry, #31 Jonas Hiller, #42 Tyler Bozak, #46 Ryan Strome, #49 Kyle Okposo, #51 Aaron Ekblad, #53 Ryan Kesler, #55 Tuuka Rask, #59 James van Riemsdyk, #65 Johnny Gaudreau, #71 Jaden Schwartz, #72 Pekka Rinne, #98 Adam Henrique, #100 Henrik Lundqvist, #104 Matt Moulson, #109 Gabriel Landeskog, #110 Roberto Luongo, #120 Patrick Kane, #121 Justin Faulk, #124 Duncan Keith, #127 Jason Pominville, #128 Alex Galchenyuk, #136 Matt Beleskey, #142 Brandon Saad, #148 Tyler Ennis


Red Prism /149: #3 Corey Crawford, #7 Filip Forsberg, #14 Anders Lee, #15 Erik Karlsson, #16 Derek Stepan, #24 Brian Elliott, #25 Evgeni Malkin, #34 Max Pacioretty, #40 Henrik Zetterberg, #44 Vladimir Tarasenko, #55 Tuukka Rask, #60 Ryan Miller, #76 Joe Pavelski, #79 Milan Lucic, #82 Andrew Ladd, #88 Sergei Bobrovsky, #110 Roberto Luongo, #117 Sean Monahan, #120 Patrick Kane, #122 Ben Bishop, #123 Tomas Plekanec, #129 Cory Schneider, #146 Dustin Byfuglien, #157 Denis Potvin /75, #159 Marcel Dionne /75


Marquee Rookie Black Ice /99: #M4 Jacob de la Rose, #M9 Shane Prince, #M10 Sam Bennett, #M13 Linus Ullmark, #M14 Devin Shore, #M17 Mattias Janmark, #M28 Stanislav Galiev, #M32 Mike Condon, #M39 Mike McCarron


Marquee Rookie Blue Cubes /75: #M4 Jacob de la Rose, #M8 Taylor Leier, #M12 Brock McGinn, #M18 Nick Shore, #M21 Hunter Shinkaruk, #M35 Brendan Gaunce, #M39 Mike McCarron, #M44 Gustav Olofsson


Marquee Rookie Red Prism /149: #M8 Taylor Leier, #M14 Devin Shore, #M21 Hunter Shinkaruk, #M23 Ben Hutton, #M24 Colton Parayko


Marquee Rookie Seismic Gold /50: #M18 Nick Shore, #M48 Andrew Copp


Marquee Rookie White Ice /199: #M4 Jacob de la Rose, #M42 Mikko Rantanen, #M43 Nicolas Petan, #M46 Charles Hudon


(it just keeps going...and going...)

 

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In August of 2022, IronmanIndy (Geoff) posted a few Gartner’s that caught my eye. So, we came to a quick deal and these made their way to me.


2015-16 OPC Platinum Emerald Surge #151 Mike Garnter /10
2015-16 OPC Platinum Seismic Gold #151 Mike Gartner /25
2017-18 The Cup Color Coded #CC-MG Mike Gartner /33
- I LOVE the red ink on the color coded auto. It pops off of the black background.



My next deal wasn’t until January of 2023, and that was a Facebook trade with a cool Patrick Lalime collector, Matt. I had some nice Lalime’s he needed, he had some Caps I needed. Win-win!


1999-00 Omega Ice Blue #247 Alexei Tezikov / Alexandre Volchkov, /75
2019-20 SP Game Used Blue Auto #123 Martin Fehervary
2019-20 Ultimate ’09-10 Retro Autograph #RRA-FE Martin Fehervary /225
2020-21 OPC Platinum #174 Alexander Alexeyev RC


2020-21 OPC Platinum Retro #R74 Alexander Alexeyev
2020-21 SP Authentic Young Guns Acetate #486 Philippe Maillet
2020-21 SP Authentic ’00-01 Retro Future Watch #RFW-18 Connor McMichael /500
2020-21 SP Authentic ’10-11 Retro Future Watch Autographs #RFWA-VV Vitek Vanecek /399


2020-21 SP Game Used Golden Burst #187 Philippe Maillet /299
2020-21 SP Game Used Rookie Jersey #127 Vitek Vanecek
2020-21 Upper Deck ’05-06 Upper Deck Tribute #T83 Vitek Vanecek
2020-21 UD Allure #146 Alexander Alexeyev SP


2020-21 UD Stature Portrait #115 Philippe Maillet /99
2020-21 UD Premier #99 Alexander Alexeyev RC /299
2020-21 UD Premier Gold #99 Alexander Alexeyev /65
2020-21 UD Ultimate #186 Philippe Maillet RC /299


2020-21 UD Ultimate Jerseys #135 Vitek Vanecek /649
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee Retro #539 Garrett Pilon
2021-22 Metal Universe ’97-98 Retro Rookies #R19 Hendrix Lapierre
2021-22 Upper Deck #214 Garrett Pilon RC


2021-22 Upper Deck #706 Aliaksei Protas RC
2019-20 Artifacts Lord Stanley’s Legacy Signatures #LSLS-EK Evgeny Kuznetsov
2019-20 SP Authentic Sign of the Times Gold #SOTT-JV Jakub Vrana /49


2019-20 UD Chronology Timeless Memories #CA-OK Olaf Kolzig
2020-21 Black Diamond Winter Classic Memories #WC-BR Troy Brouwer



Another quick Facebook deal with another fantastic collector, Cole, seriously shrunk my Charlie Lindgren needs.



2016-17 Black Diamond #BDR-CL Charlie Lindgren RC /99
2016-17 OPC Platinum Rookie Auto #R-CL Charlie Lindgren
2016-17 OPC Platinum Rookie Auto Rainbow #R-CL Charlie Lindgren
2016-17 OPC Platinum Rookie Auto Red Prism #R-CL Charlie Lindgren /50


2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro #R-67 Charlie Lindgren
2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro Rainbow #R-67 Charlie Lindgren
2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro Gold Rainbow #R-67 Charlie Lindgren /149
2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro Orange Rainbow #R-67 Charlie Lindgren /49


2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro Red Rainbow #R-67 Charlie Lindgren /15
2016-17 OPC Platinum Retro Black Rainbow Autograph #R-67 Charlie Lindgren


(TBC)

 

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2016-17 SP Authentic #117 Charlie Lindgren RC /999
2016-17 SP Authentic Limited Auto Patch #117 Charlie Lindgren /100
2016-17 The Cup #183 Charlie Lindgren RC /249
2016-17 The Cup Gold #183 Charlie Lindgren /24



I purchased two lots of former Capitals players that I was seriously lacking cards for from bqaggie (Samuel), who was selling for urbanmonk in February of 2023.


2011-12 Titanium #118 Carl Hagelin RC /62
2012-13 Artifacts #170 Brenden Dillon RC /999
2012-13 Crown Royale #57 Brenden Dillon RC /99
2012-13 Panini Prime #118 Brenden Dillon RC /249


2012-13 Panini Prizm Red Prizm #72 Brenden Dillon /50
2012-13 Panini Anthology #120 Brendon Dillon RC /699
2012-13 SP Authentic Limited Auto Patch #218 Brenden Dillon /100
2012-13 SP Game Used Gold Autograph #120Brenden Dillon


2012-13 The Cup #105 Brenden Dillon RC /249
2012-13 The Cup Gold #105 Brenden Dillon 25/25
2013-14 Dominion #149 Alex Chiasson RC /299
2013-14 Hot Prospects #197 Alex Chiasson RC /375


2013-14 Panini Prime #143 Alex Chiasson RC /199
2013-14 Panini Prime Holo Silver #143 Alex Chiasson /50
2013-14 SP Game Used Gold Autograph #145 Alex Chiasson


2013-14 SPx #166 Alex Chiasson RC
2013-14 Totally Certified Autograph Jersey Mirror Platinum Gold #215 Alex Chiasson /5
2013-14 Upper Deck #235 Alex Chiasson RC



This next lot of cards from Fred on Facebook


2010-11 The Cup #64 Kevin Shattenkirk RC /249
2016-17 The Cup #104 Anthony Mantha RC /249
2016-17 The Cup #108 Dylan Strome RC /249
2016-17 The Cup #155 Connor Brown RC /249


2018-19 The Cup #69 Ilya Samsonov RC /249
2019-20 The Cup #136 Rasmus Dandin RC /249
2020-21 SP Authentic #190 Alexander Alexeyev RC /999



A couple of separate deals with OrrtoBourque (Nick) in mid-2023 brought these two cards to me:


2021-22 SP Authentic Limited Auto Rookie Patch #FWAP-AP Aliaksei Protas /100
2021-22 SP Authentic ’01-02 Retro Future Watch Limited #01FW-AP Aliaskei Protas /150


A trade with hduong (Hien) in April 2023 had these coming my way:


2021-22 SP Authentic #168 Brett Leason RC /999
2021-22 SP Authentic Limited Red #168 Brett Leason
2021-22 SP Authentic True Leaders #TL-11 Alex Ovechkin


Esmond (landsdowneflyer) helped me out with two needs in June 2023:


2011-12 Crown Royale Rookie Silhouette #179 Brett Connolly ARP RC /99
2017-18 In The Game Used All Time Rivals Purple #ATR-09 Stan Mikita – Bobby Hull – Glenn Hall – Gordie Howe – Terry Sawchuk – Norm Ullman /12



A quick purchase from Jackie (jverreault) in July 2023 brought these to the PC:


2021-22 SP Authentic ’11-12 Retro Future Watch Autographs #RFWA-BL Brett Leason
2021-22 SP Authentic Limited Red #145 Garrett Pilon
2021-22 SP Authentic Limited Red #160 Hendrix Lapierre
2021-22 SP Authentic Limited Red #180 Aliaskei Protas


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2021-22 UD Ice #121 Hendrix Lapierre RC
2021-22 UD Ice #128 Garrett Pilon RC
2021-22 UD Ice #133 Aliaskei Protas RC
2021-22 UD Ice Green #121 Hendrix Lapierre


2021-22 UD Ice Green #128 Garrett Pilon
2021-22 UD Ice Green #133 Aliaskei Protas
2021-22 UD Ice Jersey #128 Garrett Pilon
2021-22 UD Ice Premiers Autograph #IPA-HL Hendrix Lapierre /199



Also in July 2023, I participated in a case break of 2021-22 OPC Platinum with Breakaway Sports Cards, and had these pulled for me:


2021-22 OPC Platinum Sunset #250 Garrett Pilon
2021-22 OPC Platinum Rookie Autos #R-AP Aliaksei Protas
2021-22 OPC Platinum Retro #R-94 Garrett Pilon
2021-22 OPC Platinum Hot Magma #158 TJ Oshie /499
2021-22 OPC Platinum Retro Blue Rainbow #R-48 John Carlson /199


During October 2023, I participated in the first of many, many group breaks with The Clubhouse. If you haven’t checked them out, I would highly recommend them. This particular break was a case of 2022-23 UD Allure:


2022-23 UD Allure Black Rainbow #45 Evgeny Kuznetsov
2022-23 UD Allure Black Rainbow #77 Alex Ovechkin
2022-23 UD Allure Orange Slice #61 Tom Wilson
2022-23 UD Allure Game Stills #GS-20 Alex Ovechkin
2022-23 UD Allure Quartz #AQ-DS Dylan Strome



Continuing with the group breaks theme, between October 2023 and January 2024, I joined a few group breaks with our friend Eli at Little Shop of Heroes:


2022-23 SP Authentic Red Limited #85 Tom Wilson
2022-23 SP Authentic Red Limited #191 Lucas Johansen
2022-23 SP Authentic ’02-’03 Retro Sign of the Times #RSOTT-SM Sonny Milano
2022-23 SP Authentic Future Icons #FI-31 Dylan Strome – Aliaksei Protas /399
2022-23 SP Authentic Pageantry P-41 Evgeny Kuznetsov
2022-23 SP Authentic True Leaders #TL-11 Alex Ovechkin


2022-23 SP Game Used Red Jerseys #80 Alex Ovechkin
2022-23 SP Game Used ’01-’02 Retro Rookies #R-69 Lucas Johansen /999
2023-24 Artifacts Bronze #145 Darcy Kuemper /299
2023-24 Artifacts Autofacts #AF-LJ Lucas Johansen



To close the 2023 portion of this ridiculously long mail post (and major props if you’re still with me), Secret Santa, who may or may not have been KrakenFan (Andy) came to my mailbox:


2008-09 Upper Deck Super Skills #SS3 Alex Ovechkin
2016-17 Parkhurst NHL Centennial Salute #S17 Alex Ovechkin
2016-17 Upper Deck Shining Stars #SS31 Alex Ovechkin
2017-18 Upper Deck Game Jerseys #GJ-BU Andre Burakovsky


2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Blue #622 Connor McMichael
2021-22 SP Jersey #134 Hendrix Lapierre
2021-22 Upper Deck #472 Hendrix Lapierre RC
2023-24 Upper Deck #224 Vincent Iorio RC


2023-24 Upper Deck Dazzlers Green #DZ-14 Darcy Kuemper
2023-24 Upper Deck Honor Roll Superstars #HR-14 Alex Ovechkin
2023-24 Upper Deck Star Zone #SZ-22 Alex Ovechkin
2023-24 Upper Deck Teacher’s Pet #TP-1 Alex Ovechkin



At this point, I took a rather long hiatus from both purchasing and trading, mostly due to losing my job. However, I was thankfully able to get a new job in about 6 months, holding fort in the interim. In the meantime, I started buying into a ton of group breaks, and doing some other trades and small eBay purchases here and there.


(what? You thought we were done? HAHAHA)

 

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In November 2024, a small trade with goo33 (Kevin) landed me some beautiful cards from the (extremely underrated IMO) Young Guns Renewed insert set:


2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-1 Ryan Malone
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-3 Matt Stajan
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-23 Jonathan Toews
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-34 Logan Couture
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-38 Nazem Kadri
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-46 J.T. Miller



A little later in that same month, trekrun (Norm) was super generous and sent me these gratis:


2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-4 Tim Thomas
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-24 T.J. Oshie
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-28 John Tavares
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-32 Ryan O’Reilly


2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-33 Brad Marchand
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-41 Mark Sheifele
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-42 Roman Josi
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-45 Brock Nelson



In December 2024, I made a small purchase on Facebook from Zach for a bunch of Caps RC’s older and new that I needed:


2012-13 Upper Deck #234 Aaron Ness RC
2013-14 Upper Deck #452 Dylan McIlrath RC
2013-14 Upper Deck #454 Michael Sgarbossa RC
2013-14 Upper Deck #496 Matt Irwin RC


2015-16 Upper Deck #207 Joel Edmundson RC
2015-16 Upper Deck #226 Daniel Sprong RC
2021-22 Upper Deck #482 Matthew Phillips RC
2021-22 Upper Deck #703 Brett Leason RC


2021-22 Upper Deck Canvas #C221 Matthew Phillips
2022-23 Upper Deck #482 Lucas Johansen RC
2023-24 Upper Deck #457 Clay Stevenson RC
2023-24 Upper Deck #492 Hunter Shepard RC


2023-24 Upper Deck #717 Ivan Miroshnichenko RC
2023-24 Upper Deck Canvas #C110 Vincent Iorio



Also December 2024, a small trade with 41butch (Butch) got me two more Young Guns Renewed


2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-29 Victor Hedman
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-44 Mark Stone



Finally landing in 2025, a trade in January with Krakenfan (Andy) netted me yet more Young Guns Renewed


2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-17 Anze Kopitar
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-19 Joe Pavelski
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-26 Claude Giroux


(nope, not yet)

 

[capsfan30]

To wrap up January, a deal for “future considerations” with winniescards (Winston) helped out, you guessed it, the Young Guns Renewed:


2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-5 Patrice Bergeron
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-14 Jeff Carter
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-31 Jamie Benn
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-40 Mika Zibanejad
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-43 Chris Kreider
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-47 Jonathan Huberdeau



To wrap up the trades, from CeddieB (Neal) in March 2025:


2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-11 Henrik Lundqvist
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-25 Drew Doughty
2024-25 Upper Deck Series 1 Young Guns Renewed #YGR-48 Vladimir Tarasenko



Remember when I said earlier that I had gotten into a ton of group breaks with a particular breaker? I got into a ton of group breaks with The Clubhouse. I started doing only Caps in breaks, and then…I did other teams….

Here are some highlights. First, non-Caps stuff:


2022-23 UD Premier Attractions Patch #PA-BT Brady Tkachuk /35
2023-24 SP Authentic Future Watch Limited Red #148 Arnaud Durandeau
2023-24 SP Authentic Future Watch Limited Red #144 Aidan McDonough


2024-25 Upper Deck #212 Cutter Gauthier
2024-25 Upper Deck #229 Lane Hutson
2024-25 Upper Deck #451 Macklin Celebrini RC
2024-25 Upper Deck #492 Matvei Michkov RC


2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Outburst #471 Phil Kemp
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Outburst #481 Ivan Ivan
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Outburst #493 Brandon Bussi
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Clear Cut #468 Jack Thompson


2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Deluxe #468 Jack Thompson /250
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Canvas #C95 Cutter Gauthier
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Canvas #C106 Jesper Wallstedt
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Canvas #C215 Jackson Blake


2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Canvas #C235 Noah Philp
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Canvas Black and White #C240 Checklist
2024-25 Upper Deck Fluorescence Gold #F33 Frank Nazar /150
2024-25 Upper Deck Fluorescence #F36 Macklin Celebrini



And the Caps hits


2023-24 SP Authentic Limited Green #198 Ivan Miroshnichenko /199
2023-24 SP Authentic Limited Red #132 Vincent Iorio
2023-24 SP Authentic ’03-04 Retro Future Autograph #RFWA2-14 Vincent Iorio /399
2024-25 Upper Deck #230 Pierrick Dube RC


2024-25 UD Synergy Red #92 Pierrick Dube
2024-25 UD Synergy Red Bounty #92 Pierrick Dube
2023-24 SP Authentic Limited Red #3 Alex Ovechkin
2023-24 SP Authentic Spectrum FX #S2 Alex Ovechkin


2024-25 Upper Deck Clear Cut #443 Ivan Miroshnichenko
2024-25 Upper Deck Deluxe #441 Dylan Strome
2024-25 Upper Deck Canvas #C3 Alex Ovechkin
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed Exclusives #YGR-22 Nicklas Backstrom /100


(nearly done...don't stop now!)

 

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2024-25 UD Ice Exquisite Collection Crystal #EC-2 Alex Ovechkin /25
2024-25 UD Synergy Colorways #L8 Alex Ovechkin
2024-25 UD Synergy NHL Monuments #M7 Alex Ovechkin


2024-25 UD Synergy Starquest Green #SQ23 Alex Ovechkin
2024-25 UD Synergy #1 Hits #1H2 Alex Ovechkin


And finally, all of these Young Guns Renewed


2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-7 Alexander Semin
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-8 Brent Burns
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-9 Marc-Andre Fleury
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-13 Alex Ovechkin
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-15 Ryan Getzlaf
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-18 Evgeni Malkin
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-21 Carey Price
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-22 Nicklas Backstrom
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-35 John Carlson
2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Renewed #YGR-38 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #201 Connor McDavid
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #201 Auston Matthews
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #201 Nico Hischier
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #202 Roope Hintz
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #205 Brayden Point
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #206 Mikko Rantanen
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #210 Sebastian Aho
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #214 Teuvo Teravainen
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #214 Connor Hellebuyck
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #221 Artemi Panarin
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #221 Alex DeBrincat
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #222 Zach Hyman
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #228 Dylan Larkin
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #228 Tage Thompson
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #228 Adam Fox
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #235 Jason Robertson
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #241 Jordan Kyrou
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #247 Brock Boeser
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #248 Elias Pettersson
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #249 William Nylander
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #249 Quinn Hughes
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #451 Filip Forsberg
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #451 Jack Eichel
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #451 Kirill Kaprizov
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #461 Ilya Sorokin
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #464 Jusse Saros
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #464 Martin Necas
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #464 Lucas Raymond
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #468 Mitch Marner
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #478 Andrei Vasilevskiy
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #493 Cale Makar
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #495 David Pastrnak
2024-25 Upper Deck S2 Young Guns Renewed #528 Igor Shesterkin



I also, for the first time in about 5 years, was able to go to the CSA Card Expo in my area, and picked up a small stack of cards from a $1ea/15 for $10 box:

2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #637 Vitek Vanecek RC
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Blue #637 Vitek Vanecek
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee #617 Taylor Raddysh RC
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee #633 Matthew Phillips RC
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee Blue #617 Taylor Raddysh
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee Blue #624 Hendrix Lapierre
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee Blue #633 Matthew Phillips
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee Retro #617 Taylor Raddysh
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee Retro #624 Hendrix Lapierre
2021-22 O-Pee-Chee Retro #633 Matthew Phillips
2021-22 OPC Platinum #293 Brandon Duhaime RC
2021-22 OPC Platinum Violet Pixels #216 Matthew Phillips /299
2021-22 SP #119 Taylor Raddysh RC /119
2021-22 SP Purple #119 Taylor Raddysh /99






And finally (FINALLY), I had a TON of eBay pickups. Too many most probably won’t want to see, but here’s the highlights:


1981-82 O-Pee-Chee #161 Dino Ciccarelli RC PSA 8
2016-17 UD Exquisite #50 Anthony Mantha RC /39
2019-20 The Cup #136 Rasmus Sandin RC /249
2019-20 The Cup #138 Martin Fehervary RC /249


2019-20 Upper Deck Exclusives #480 Beck Malenstyn /100
2020-21 Upper Deck Acetate #486 Philippe Maillet
2021-22 Artifacts Clear #219 Vitek Vanecek


2021-22 The Cup #125 Garrett Pilon RC /249
2021-22 The Cup #162 Aliaksei Protas RC /249
2021-22 The Cup #190 Hendrix Lapierre RC /249
2021-22 Upper Deck Clear Cut #472 Hendrix Lapierre


2021-22 Upper Deck Gold Speckle #214 Garrett Pilon
2022-23 SP Authentic Future Watch Auto Patch #FWAP-LJ Lucas Johansen /100
2023-24 Upper Deck Clear Cut #457 Clay Stevenson
2023-24 Upper Deck Deluxe #457 Clay Stevenson /250


2023-24 Upper Deck Speckled Rainbow #224 Vincent Iorio
2023-24 Upper Deck Speckled Rainbow #457 Clay Stevenson
2023-24 Upper Deck Speckled Rainbow #473 Hardy Haman Aktell
2023-24 Upper Deck Speckled Rainbow #491 Hunter Shepard


2023-24 Upper Deck Silver Foil #457 Clay Stevenson


I also got a few non-hockey cards, including two cards I’ve always wanted but never picked up…till now.


1992-93 Topps #362 Shaquille O’Neal RC
1992-93 Topps Gold #362 Shaquille O’Neal PSA 9


And that's it. Pretty much my last 5 years of hobbying wrapped up in....too many posts! If you stayed around this long, I commend you. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

 

[CeddieB]

Great show - glad I could help out a little bit. Love those Seismic Golds!

 

[creasecollector]

What a fun show. I had a blast scrolling through these cards. Let’s hope another 5 years doesn’t pass before your next show. Congrats on all of these add ons!

 

[gobuffalo2331]

nice stuff, love the 97-98 black diamond gold triple diamonds. that was a nice set I liked the FB version too.