I took a complete 1985-86 OPC set to school for show and tell (can't remember what condition, but I was younger, so certainly not perfect) when I was a kid. Show and Tell was in the morning, and I needed to leave it with the teacher to keep it safe. At the end of the day I went to get them and they were gone. The entire set. I was devastated at the time, but not because I knew it would be worth money, but because they were mine and I thought the teacher lost them! Probably one of the kids in the class took them though
My covid side hustle did well this year and I am looking to burn a little extra cash on some young gun cards that I can hold for maybe a year or two and flip.
Give me your best suggestions.
Thinking of picking up some Vilardi and Krebs cards. They can still both be had for under $20CAD easily enough right now.
Would love to pick the collective dobberhockey brain.
1) 16 teams full keeper H2H. Start 9F, 4D, 1G, 2 Championships
pts: (D : 7 pts G /5 pts A), (F : 5pts G /3 pts A), (G : 10 pts W / 5 pts SO), (D/F : 1 pt +/-, 0.5 pts PIM, 0.1 FOW, 0.2 Hits, 0.3 pts SOG, PP and SH).
Forward : Aho, Svechnikov, PLDubois, Giroux, Couture, Wheeler, Cozens, Karlsson, Vrana, Anderson,Greenway,
Defenses : Dahlin, Fox, Doughty, Toews, , Slavin, Miller
Goalies : Oettinger, Vanecek, Bobrovsky
Prospects : Dostal, Schmid, Chinakhov, Bordeleau, Ostlund, Brindley, Gulyayev
Wander Franco, Luis Roberts, Tatis are all baseball guys that should increase,
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Yeah, I'm not buying at these prices for him for sure.
If I want to bump up my spending a bit I still think Eichel's card is pretty decently priced. If he ever gets out of Buffalo...
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Nice, I'll do some research. I like Franco as a suggestion!
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Haha for sure.
I think a solid investment would be Timothy Lilegren ($7.99) - If he turns into anything for the Leafs, there will be a Leafs fan that will overpay you for it!
Shane Bowers ($5.99) - Heard that he might be making his debut with the Avalanche - could be worth the risk.
Pavel Francouz ($9.99) - Future #1 goalie on an Avalanche team that should be good for a while
And I like your Peyton Krebs idea - future Captain and will be the all-time leader in Vegas Golden Knights points when his long-tenured career with the team is over!
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Thanks!
So I am giving this thread a boot again, after just reading that a Gretzky rookie card just sold for $3.45 MILLION dollars at auction. As mentioned in this thread earlier, I have a legit Gretzky rookie card.
If I wanted to get that card graded, does anyone know where in Canada they do this and roughly what it might cost?
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
PSA is the premium choice but no, they are not in Canada. They also recently suspended all of their affordable service options (due to insane volume), so I believe the cheapest option right now is $300 per card (USD). Plus shipping both ways, insurance, etc, and the wait times are exceptionally long.
The best Canadian option for vintage cards is without a doubt KSA. They have offices on each coast and the cost is roughly $25 per card (less if you send a bunch of cards). Turnaround time is a couple months, or you can pay $40 and cut that down to a week or so. Of course you'll also need to pay shipping each way and insurance if you want it.
People will say not to use KSA because the resale values wont be as high as PSA (and that's true for cards of the same grade), but there is more to it than that (too much for this post). I've sent a couple Gretzky RC's to KSA myself.
If you feel like uploading a couple good photos I'd love to have a look and could give you a rough idea as to what grade you might be able to expect.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."