New Acquisitions Thread.

[Exhibitman]

Nice pick, Larry. I can't see the silvers too well but the bottom row has at least one HOFer (Dutton).

Added another childhood friend:

[ZiggerZagger]

Yzerman back from PSA, and the Trottier 2nd year was at a local card shop in Minneapolis.
Had to pick it up, as his son (Bryan Jr.) was a Junior Resident on the Internal Medicine service at the U of MN years ago.

The LCS had a huge box of PSA-graded Trottier that was clearly a PSA Registry set at one time, as well as other Islanders players.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I thought this was a nice alternative to the pricier rookies.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I thought this was a nice alternative to the pricier rookies.

Nice card, Peter.
I thought these 2 were nice alternatives as well, and I think I bought in just before others realized it too.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Dale, how do you assess his potential? Are we looking at a top 5 all time player for example?

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Dale, how do you assess his potential? Are we looking at a top 5 all time player for example?

I would think so, Peter. McDavid's skill and speed is through the roof to the likes of what we have never seen before.

When prior players like Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr all say the same thing about him and just shake their heads in amazement, it is undeniable he is an elite, one of kind, rare type of player.

If he manages to win a few cups or manages to play on a better skilled, more deeper skilled team sometime, the potential for him to be in the top 2-3 all time is there, imo.

With time marching on, however, and if the Oilers don't improve their squad significantly, we may all be denied to see what might have been, unfortunately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djjkz9ygbMw

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by irv

I would think so, Peter. McDavid's skill and speed is through the roof to the likes of what we have never seen before.

When prior players like Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr all say the same thing about him and just shake their heads in amazement, it is undeniable he is an elite, one of kind, rare type of player.

If he manages to win a few cups or manages to play on a better skilled, more deeper skilled team sometime, the potential for him to be in the top 2-3 all time is there, imo.

With time marching on, however, and if the Oilers don't improve their squad significantly, we may all be denied to see what might have been, unfortunately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djjkz9ygbMw

How long is he stuck on the Oilers?