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A Guide to Attending the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago

The National Sports Collectors Convention is returning to Chicago in one week. Held annually since 1980, The National is the largest sports collectibles convention in the world, with over 600 tables and more than 300 dealers selling sports cards, autographs, apparel, and anything else sports-related that you can think of. Fortunately, The National is five … Continue reading “A Guide to Attending the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago”

The Showcase Showdown!

2016-17 Fleer Showcase Box Break #2 Yeah, I know. Not long ago, I wrote about the price of cards being too high, but I also said that if you wait long enough, you can find it for the price that you’ll pay. Thus, this box of 2016-17 Fleer Showcase ended up in my lap. Sal already went … Continue reading “The Showcase Showdown!”

Why the 1997 NHL Awards Show was the Greatest NHL Awards Show Ever

Tomorrow is the 2017 NHL Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas. During the show, the Vegas Golden Knights will also reveal who they selected in the expansion draft. If you haven’t already thought about that, do so now; a show that will heap praise upon the NHL’s best players will also highlight those not good enough to … Continue reading “Why the 1997 NHL Awards Show was the Greatest NHL Awards Show Ever”

Puck Junk Podcast #22 – April 18, 2017

…with Sal Barry & Tim Parish Player not working? Listen to this podcast on SoundCloud. Sal & Tim (@theRealDFG) are back for a long-overdue, but always fun, edition of the Puck Junk Podcast. Topics in this podcast include: 2016-17 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey, coaching change chaos (!!!), the upcoming expansion draft and Zach Werenski, the most badass … Continue reading “Puck Junk Podcast #22 – April 18, 2017”

Ways to Improve Upper Deck Series 1 & 2

Last month, 2016-17 Upper Deck Series Two was released in stores and online shops. Other than a few packs I bought to get a promotional card on National Hockey Card Day, I have avoided buying Upper Deck Series One and Upper Deck Series Two this year. Since 1990, Upper Deck’s flagship “Upper Deck” hockey card set … Continue reading “Ways to Improve Upper Deck Series 1 & 2”

Review: Legends Trumps Game

The Pocket-Sized Hockey Hall of Fame If you enjoy card games like “Trumps” — where the highest card wins — or “Go Fish,” but wish they somehow involved hockey, then you should check out Legends International Ice Hockey Trumps Game. It is a new card game from Switzerland that features 40 eye-catching illustrations of the … Continue reading “Review: Legends Trumps Game”

Book Review: The Big 50 Boston Bruins

Espo, Orr and 48 more  Author Fluto Shinzawa had the difficult task of taking the Boston Bruins’ 92-year history and boiling it down into his book “The Big 50: Boston Bruins: The Men and Moments that Made the Boston Bruins.” (Though it is too bad that someone couldn’t boil down the book’s title to less than … Continue reading “Book Review: The Big 50 Boston Bruins”

NHL Bungles Its Own Celebrity Game

Sometimes, the level of amateurishness displayed by the NHL in 2017 surprises me. The league held a celebrity all-star game on Saturday prior to the NHL Skills Competition. One player in the game was international pop sensation Justin Bieber. And yet, the NHL didn’t even bother to televise this game — not even on the NHL … Continue reading “NHL Bungles Its Own Celebrity Game”

Puck Junk Podcast #21 – Jan. 24, 2017

…with Sal Barry & Tim Parish Player not working? Listen to this podcast on SoundCloud. Perhaps the design was bad. Or maybe it had a stupid name. Or the idea behind it was just dumb. In this podcast, Tim (@therealdfg) and Sal talk about the the worst hockey card insert sets from the 1990s.  Podcast #21 … Continue reading “Puck Junk Podcast #21 – Jan. 24, 2017”

Book Review: A Guy Like Me

Scott’s “storybook ending” gets a book All-Star. Author. MVP. Enforcer. John Scott may be the only one who can claim to be all of the above. In his new autobiography, “A Guy Like Me: Fighting to Make the Cut,” Scott takes us through his journey on how he went from a fourth-line enforcer to All-Star MVP. … Continue reading “Book Review: A Guy Like Me”