SHOW OFF Sick cards of the Hobby/NHL's biggest busts

[creasecollector]

Those Titanium rookies were so nice!

 

[forsberg21]

and this thread would not be complete w/o....




PAVEL BRENDL

This is a fun thread! I'll raise you his big brother:



I'm fairly certain this was the inception of the serial numbered, autographed rookie card. What a disappointment!

 

[BlindThomen]

This is a fun thread! I'll raise you his big brother:



I'm fairly certain this was the inception of the serial numbered, autographed rookie card. What a disappointment!

Good point! 1998-99 SPx Top Prospects had the Sedins as autos but those we're not actual rookie cards. I couldn't think of any other set that would've have rookie autos prior to 1999-00 SPx.

- Sauli

 

[forsberg21]

I read that he had a pretty bad concussion in his 19th NHL game, and was never the same after it. 11 points in 19 games wasn't that bad for a rookie, in my opinion.

- Sauli

Thanks for this. I went looking for the information after this post and found a recent write up. I had no idea!

https://thehockeywriters.com/flames-daniel-tkaczuk-promising-career-cut-short/

 

[BigBarracuda]

Paging Gilbert Brule…Mr Yashin would like to see you…

I would post them, but the pair served a short term sentence in a bird cage, many years ago!

 

[Breakaway Dealz]

When I first saw this thread this card came to mind..

4B8017F6-B7BA-4929-A669-D6891F52DDE4 by Matt Zawadzki, on Flickr

I cannot remember what it was selling for though. Plus before he even had his first Philadelphia Flyers card he still had a few other minor league cards.

 

[hduong]

When I first saw this thread this card came to mind..

I cannot remember what it was selling for though. Plus before he even had his first Philadelphia Flyers card he still had a few other minor league cards.

I remember this card the and the UD team Canada one was quite sought after. Too bad there were a billion copies of each printed.

 

[SkyFire47]

Nothing super crazy, but just picked this up recently:

Was a big fan of his when he broke into the league. He was the next big thing at the time with his stellar rookie year. His cards went for good dollars.

Yeah, i was a fan of him after his rookie year....

 

[creasecollector]

Yeah, i was a fan of him after his rookie year....

You had quite the collection if I remember. Would love to see it all ! :beer:

 

[SkyFire47]

You had quite the collection if I remember. Would love to see it all ! :beer:

For Steve Mason, the rc shield is about all thats left.

 

[PRoy33Collector]

I'll throw out all of these guys, except the Sedins:

 

[41butch]

One of my worst was a Johnathan Cheechoo patch of 10
A really sweet 4 color sharks patch. Booked about $150 early after release.
Felt lucky to trade it for $30 a year later.