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Puck Junk Podcast: 2025-26 Flair Hockey Cards

Plus: 2026 Second Round Playoff Recap
Episode #246: May 20, 2026

Sal and Clemente recap Round 2 of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs and preview Round 3. Then they look at the 2025-26 Flair Hockey set, which hearkens back to the original 1994-95 Flair Hockey set, but with several new twists. The 1990s are back and won’t be going away anytime soon. It’s 122 minutes of hockey goodness – with chapters, so you can skip to your favorite parts. The YouTube version of the podcast features photos and video. 

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2025-26 Flair Hockey Box Break

Flair is the latest brand of hockey cards from the 1990s to make a comeback. Flair was a brand of premium hockey cards made by Fleer, first during the 1994-95 season and then again in 1996-97. The 1994-95 Flair set perhaps best known for its use of thick, glossy cardstock and the abundance of photos – two on the front and one on the back. Now made by Upper Deck, the 2025-26 Flair set uses a design evocative of its 1994-95 predecessor. The set also reprises a few 1994-95 Flair insert sets such as “Hot Numbers,” “Center Spotlight,” and “Scoring Power.” 

A box of 2025-26 Flair Hockey cards costs around $230 and contains 10 packs. Each pack has 4 cards. I recently opened a box of 2025-26 Flair Hockey. Let’s see what was inside. 

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