Question(s) about Current NHL Card Collecting

ThoseBackPages

So, ive been to two NHL games in the last two weeks. Given my addictive personality, ive begun looking at hockey cards again, because who doesnt love addiction? lol

it's been a learning process for sure. i was a huge hockey card collector 20 years ago, and even dabbled in it a little back in 2009 when John Tavares was a rookie. But then it kind of tapered off (again)

So, now its all new and fresh again. lots of learning. when starting a new focus, it gives you a fresh start, and you get to do it the way you want to.

NHL Hockey Cards are difficult. Collectors are very very picky. Team alliance is STRONG. almost to the point of them HATING players on other teams. that leads to a lot of hobby "coldness" for some players that you would think would be popular across the country. that just doesnt seem to be the case.

There are a lot of really good young scorers in the NHL right now. i wonder if there will ever be a day when the hobby comes to love a player that is not from North America, specifically Canada. Sure Ovechkin is popular, but his card prices would be higher if he were not Russian.

Ive settled on two brands that id like to focus on. Knowing me, this is bound to change. Hell, it's changed a few times since last week even! ha. .... Upper Deck Young Guns, and SPA Future Watch Autos. That covers the base card, and the oncard auto card. Naturally, they will be in graded form (Thanks OCD).

Seems that the 2010/11 wax has a pretty good crop of RCs, and the mid-range wax is not all that costly. 2011/12 has less immediate RC impactness, but still seems pretty good. i know that last season they weren't allowed to issue RCs. Any input on these?

Ilovecards

they still make hockey cards ?

ThoseBackPages

Yes they do.

MrKnowthanx

I got back into collecting about 2 years ago. I grew up collecting nothing but football in the mid 80s to mid 90s, then stopped for 15 years. In that 15 years I became a die hard hockey fan, even more than football now. When I caught the bug again I decided Hockey would be my main collecting focus and it has been a blast. So much History and due to living in A I never had a chance to get into the history of the game. It fuels my collecting now. Oh, and I collect as far back as the 50s up to current. IMO, SP authentic is the way to go for curent Rookies. Love the look every year and the main cards/stars are not too expensive.