For all those who question the sanity of the typical collector, I give you some of the best players in the world, including Sidney Crosby himself, cashing in like the proverbial kids in a memorabilia candy store following the 2017 all-star game…
How to get your own official NHL rookie card:
1) Become an equipment manager. 2) Have your team sign you as an emergency backup. 3) Play the final 7.6 seconds of the game. 4) Have Upper Deck jump on a feel good story and give you yet another way to remember it for the ages!
Given a six week window to collect this time-limited Tim Hortons NHL set, a Trenton man not only set up a number of young collectors in their journey to do the same, but also landed some nice swag, and community props, in the process!
UD Series 2 is ready to drop, and with it the next batch of 16-17 rookies! Lest you thought the Series 1 Matthews was the sole gem of the season, check some of these beauties out:
The collectibles “exclusivity… business model, with athletes signing deals allowing a company to exclusively feather their signatures and/or memorabilia only with their product, continues to plough ahead in a strong way with Upper Deck’s recent deal with Patrick Roy…
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