Beckett's 50 Most Valuable Young Gun List

[Jmarchand1981]

I am posting this because I recently came across this list.

Beckett compiled the list through 11/2/18 and it covers sets through 17-18. I was three years or so into my YG collection prior to seeing the list so it was nice to be able to just check a few off before "going for it".

A few things. This thread will be on going and I will update it as a check off boxes along the way.

There are a few things here. While the "Rank" is Beckett's I kind of put these YGs in a different order for whatever reason.

Also, for my collection I am all set on raw YGs. I want a BGS 9.5 and a PSA 10 of each. When I started collecting, I only wanted the BGS 9.5's so I have a ton of ground to make up on the PSA side.

Obviously, this is going to be an expensive project so it will take me quite some time.

If there is no picture, I do not own it.

Rank Name
50 Nylander, William
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Gun William Nylander
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Gun William Nylander PSA

49 Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan
2011-12 Upper Deck Young Gun Ryan Nugent Hopkins 2 I actually have three of these in BGS 9.5 but no PSA 10.

48 Kuznetsov, Evgeny
2014-15 Upper Deck Young Guns Evgeny Kuznetsov

47 Patrick, Nolan
2017-16 Upper Deck Young Gun Nolan Patrick by

46 Guentzel, Jake
2016-17 Upper Deck Jake Guentzel YG_20190812_0001

45 Subban, PK
2010-11 Upper Deck Young Gun PK Subban

44 Forsberg, Filip
2013-14 Upper Deck Young Gun Filip Forsberg

43 Holtby, Braden
42 Drouin, Jonathan
2014-15 Upper Deck Young Gun Jonathan Drouin

41 Kopitar, Anze
40 Gaudreau, Johnny

39 Tarasenko,Vladimir
2013-14 Upper Deck Young Gun Vladimir Tarasenko

38 Vasilevski, Andrei
2014-15 Upper Deck Young Gun Andrei Vasilevskiy

37 Murray,Matt
2015-16 Upper Deck Young Gun Matt Murray
36 Horvat,Bo

35 Lundqvist, Henrik
2005-06 Upper Deck Young Guns Henrik Lundqvist 4

34 Andersen,Frederick
2013-14 Upper Deck Young Gun Frederick Andersen 2_20190504_0001 I have two of the BGS 9.5 but no PSA 10.

33 Kessel, Phil
2006-07 Upper Deck Young Gun Phil Kessel

32 Barzal, Matthew
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Gun Matthew Barzal

2016-17 Upper Deck Young Gun Matthew Barzal


31 Kovalchuk, Ilya
2001-02 Upper Deck Young Gun Ilya Kovalchuk

30 Boeser, Brock
2017-18 Upper Deck Young Gun Brock Boeser_20190523_0001

29 Rielly, Morgan
2013-14 Upper Deck Young Gn Morgan Rielly I had no clue that I owned this card until I finally cataloged my entire collection on Flickr this past week.

28 Draisaitl, Leon
2014-15 Upper Deck Young Gun Leon Draisitl

27 Marchand, Brad
2009-10 Upper Deck Young Gun Brad Marchand
2009-10 Upper Deck Young Gun Brad Marchand I got the BGS for cheap cheap two years ago. I had to bite the bullet for the PSA 10.

26 Schiefele, Mark

25 Eichel, Jack
2015-16 Upper Deck Young Gun Jack Eichel I have two of the BGS 9.5. Inexplicably, I do not has a PSA 10.

24 Karlsson, Erik
2009-10 Upper Deck Young Gun Erik Karlsson

23 Hall, Taylor
2010-11 Upper Deck Young Gun Taylor Hall

22 Kucherov, Nikita
2013-14 Upper Deck Young Gun Nikita Kucherov

21 Laine, Patrik
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Gun Patrik Laine 2
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Gun Patrick Laine PSA

20 Datsyuk, Pavel
And Now I have both versions
2001-02 Upper Deck Young Gun Pavel Datsyuk
2001-02 Upper Deck Young Gun Pavel Datsyuk Opp in Back

19 Stamkos, Steven
2008-09 Upper Deck Young Gun Steven Stamkos
Two of these. No PSA 10.

18 Burns, Brent
17 Bergeron, Patrice

16 Kane, Patrick
2007-08 Upper Deck Young Gun Patrick Kane

15 MacKinnon, Nathan
2013-14 Upper Deck Young Gun Nathan MacKinnon Two of these. No PSA 10.

14 Marner, Mitch
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Gun Mitch Marner

13 Seguin, Tyler
2010-11 Upper Deck Young Gun Tyler Seguin

12 Pastrnak, David
2014-15 Upper Deck Young Gun David Pastrnak I love how this list has Seguin and then Seguin after Seguin left the Bruins.

11 Fleury, Marc-Andre
2003-04 Upper Deck Young Gun Marc Andre Fleury

10 Toews, Jonathan
2007-08 Upper Deck Young Gun Jonathan Toews

9 Price, Carey
2007-08 Upper Deck Young Gun Carey Price

8 Tavares, John
2009-10 Upper Deck Young Gun John Tavares

7 Malkin, Evgeni
2006-07 Upper Deck Young Gun Evgeni Malkin
2006-07 Upper Deck Young Gun Evgeni Malkin

6 Nash, Rick
2002-03 Upper Deck Young Gun Rick Nash_20180402_0001(0)
2002-03 Upper Deck Young Gun Rick Nash PSA

5 Ovechkin, Alexander
2005-06 Upper Deck Young Guns Alex Ovechkin
2005-06 Upper Deck Young Gun Alex Ovechkin PSA 10_20190527_0001(0)

4 Zetterberg, Henrik
2002-03 Upper Deck Young Gun Henrik Zetterberg_20180407_0001
2002-03 Upper Deck Young Gun Henrik Zetterberg PSA I LOVE how the PSA flip looks with the colors of this card.

3 Matthews, Auston
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Guns Auston Matthew 2
2016-17 Upper Deck Young Guns Auston Matthews I have two each of the BGS 9.5 and PSA 10 versions.

I don't agree with the Matthews being above the Zetty if the list is according to price. Considering I was in the market for the Zetty for much longer and it cost me much more to get both Zetty's. I mean, I could get 3 Matthews YGs for the price of two Zetty YGs. Anyway, that is my rant.

2 McDavid, Connor
2015-16 Upper Deck Young Gun Connor McDavid I have two of these
2015-16 Upper Deck Young Guns Connor McDavid I got a very good deal on this a few months back.

1 Crosby, Sidney
If you stuck around this long.
2005-06 Upper Deck Young Guns Sidney Crosby
2005-06 Upper Deck Young Gun PSA 10 Sidney Crosby

 

[creasecollector]

Great looking rookie cards. You have just about everyone here!

 

[HammerHawks]

Sweet collection so far! Good luck with the rest!

 

[gobuffalo2331]

Wow that Crosby at #1

 

[capsfan30]

Very nice collection! Where did you see the list? You can PM it to me so you do t have to post the link.


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[sdpdesign]

Nice collection! Looking at this makes me realize that I only have a fraction of these and that some of these players are much higher than I would have guessed. What a difference a few new players on a team or a change of scenery for others makes. A few years ago, some of these cards were in limbo...Andersen, Hall, RNH, Seguin, Drouin, for example.

 

[Docrinki]

Beautiful cards. Great job.

 

[PenaltyMan]

Well I have an Ovy and MA Fleury so that should could for something :dance:
Awesome showcase of some great young (and older) talent!

 

[Jmarchand1981]

Great looking rookie cards. You have just about everyone here!

I have some work to do but I have most of the big boys in both psa and Bgs. Still a ton if money to be spent but it's a new project so that is to be expected.

Sweet collection so far! Good luck with the rest!

Thank you!!

Wow that Crosby at #1

I got the Bgs one as my very first YG several years ago. Paid $350 for it then and felt I overpaid but about $25.

Paid $1k for the psa one a couple weeks ago and feel that I got a good deal. How does that work?

 

[Dallaz77]

Very awesome collection so far...this of course begs the question, are you looking on here for BGS or PSA copies of cards you don't have?

 

[crjeff]

not hijacking but here is the link to the list
https://www.beckett.com/news/top-50-upper-deck-young-guns-rookie-cards/
i was also curious about the list , this is why i posted
Jeff

 

[weasel-king]

Graded YGs are not my thing, but why is Zetterberg so high?

 

[JohnnyDrama]

Jebas, man.

 

[Jmarchand1981]

Very nice collection! Where did you see the list? You can PM it to me so you do t have to post the link.


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I tried sending you the link but your PMs were full. As an aside, it was posted later in this thread.

Nice collection! Looking at this makes me realize that I only have a fraction of these and that some of these players are much higher than I would have guessed. What a difference a few new players on a team or a change of scenery for others makes. A few years ago, some of these cards were in limbo...Andersen, Hall, RNH, Seguin, Drouin, for example.

The price difference on the RNH gets me. I paid $100 for one. $35 for another. There was two years in between.

Beautiful cards. Great job.

Thank You!!

Well I have an Ovy and MA Fleury so that should could for something :dance:
Awesome showcase of some great young (and older) talent!

Thank you very much!!

 

[Jmarchand1981]

Very awesome collection so far...this of course begs the question, are you looking on here for BGS or PSA copies of cards you don't have?

I most certainly would be. Happen to have any of the guys I am missing?

not hijacking but here is the link to the list
https://www.beckett.com/news/top-50-upper-deck-young-guns-rookie-cards/
i was also curious about the list , this is why i posted
Jeff

Thank you for this!! That is definitely the list!

Graded YGs are not my thing, but why is Zetterberg so high?

It was an SSP that year. It is the same reason the Nash is so high. It's crazy because Matthews still plays in a huge hockey market and Zetty outsells him. THat was the only real issue I had with the rankings on the list.

Jebas, man.

Thank You!

 

[Bouwmeester 4]

Wow! That is impressive! Good luck on the rest!

Naim

 

[Jmarchand1981]

I made a smaller addition for this list.

2017-18 Upper Deck Young Gun Brock Boeser_20190523_0001


I have a much bigger addition coming very soon.

 

[bto3105]

They look great

thanks for the show

 

[Jmarchand1981]

They look great

thanks for the show

Thank You Sir!!!



Top five are done.

I place a higher value factor on the pre-EPack YGs. I place an even higher value factor on the mid-2000's YGs since a lot of those have found their ways into other PCs since they were released.

2005-06 Upper Deck Young Gun Alex Ovechkin PSA 10_20190527_0001(0)

 

[Avalanchefan21]

Absolutely loved this post Awesome :beer:

Surprised Nash is so high up the list