Episode #70: October 15, 2020
It’s been a month, but we’re back! In the latest Puck Junk Hockey Podcast, Sal Barry and Tim Parish discuss some of the offseason moves by NHL teams. They also talk about the upcoming Virtual Expo 2.0 and new hockey card releases. Then the guys take a long, detailed look at the 2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Hockey card set by Upper Deck.
Show Notes, Links and Images:
The Virtual Expo 2.0 (Show Site)
President’s Choice Trading Cards Game Used (President’s Choice Website)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Hockey checklist (Cardboard Connection)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee card images:
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #398 – Patrick Marleau
…forever immortalized as a Penguins player
Card backs have up to 10 seasons of stats.
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #330 – Mika Zibanejad
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #33 – Connor McDavid
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #289 – Sidney Crosby
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #521 – Gage Quinney (Marquee Rookies)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #550 – Wayne Gretzky (Marquee Legends)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #584 – Leon Draisaitl (League Leaders)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #188 – Nathan Beaulieu (Blue Border Parallel)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #12 – Travis Zajac (Red Parallel, because WHY NOT?)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #18 – Duncan Keith (Retro Parallel)
Retro Parallel card backs look a lot like early 1980s O-Pee-Chee card backs.
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee #213 – Phil Kessel (Retro Black Border Parallel)
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee – Premier “Tall Boys” Inserts #P-12 – Brent Burns.
Tall Boys or Small Boys? You decide.
O-Pee-Chee Premier card backs are printed in full color.
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee – Playing Cards 3♥ – Pekka Rinne
Playing Card Backs are black with gold ink.
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Hockey – sealed box
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Hockey – sealed pack
2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Hockey packs are somewhat difficult to open.
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Nice job guys, fun to hear from other people who are so into O-Pee-Chee! I wrote up a review of 20-21 you can find on my website. There’s also a separate post comparing the value in hobby vs retail vs fat packs. (Tim is spot on that fat packs will probably give you the most bang for your buck if you’re only interested in base and short prints.)
You can now say you’ve heard of one person finishing a playing cards deck – I’ve got all 52 from 19-20. I’ll do a post about it one of these days. Cheers.
Aaron, thank you for listening, and for your comment. Completing a deck of OPC playing cards is quite an accomplishment!