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July 1, 1992
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UNCERTAINTY GRIPS INDUSTRY AS NHLPA REVIEWS LICENSES
Year two of the modem era of hockey cards has come to an end with an air of uncertainty hanging over the industry’s future. When Pro Set, Score and Upper Deck began producing hockey cards for the 1990-91 season, the hype drove the hobby to new levels. Collectors wanted to own all the new issues and prices for most products skyrocketed shortly after they were released. It was a different story this season. Not only did new products fail to increase in value, many declined, Pro Set Parkhurst Series I was about the only set to hold its value throughout the year. O-Pee-Chee Premier, which fetched as much as $300 a box for the ’90-91 edition, never went much above $30 this year. Even Upper Deck, the most popular hockey cards a year…
TIP OF THE MONTH
No hockey card set this season has been a bigger disappointment in the marketplace than the Upper Deck High Number series. The set has been a poor seller because few NHL rookies appear in the 200-card series. But astute collectors, especially those who followed the 1992 entry draft, know this is a set worth investing in. Fifty players who participated in the 1991 World Junior Championships have rookie cards in the High Number series. Sixteen of those players were just chosen in the entry draft. Among them are the No. 2 pick, Alexei Yashin of the Ottawa Senators and the No. 5 selection, Darius Kasparaitis of the New York Islanders. Three other players in the set-Ryan Sittler (No. 7 to Philadelphia), Sergei Krivokrasov (No. 12 to Chicago) and Peter Ferraro (No. 24 to…
NHLPA SAYS NO TO DRAFT PICK CARDS
The NHL Players’ Association closed-door policy on draft picks appearing in licensed card sets opens the door for nonlicensed companies to make a greater impact on the industry. O-Pee-Chee, Pro Set, Score, Topps and Upper Deck have been forbidden by the NHLPA to include players from the 1992 entry draft in their upcoming sets. Once drafted players appear in an NHL regular season game, then they become NHLPA members and are eligible for inclusion in licensed sets. The clear-cut policy ends a year of confusion for the card companies over their right to include draft picks. Score and Upper Deck are most affected by the ruling since they are the companies which have included the most draft picks in their sets. A year ago, the licensed companies were originally under the impression they…
Trick of the Lindros trade
An arbitrator was assigned to decide what really happened in the final hours of the hunt for Eric Lindros but a better choice might have been a detective. Did the Philadelphia Flyers and Quebec Nordiques shake hands on a deal for the coveted junior star? Were the Nordiques playing one team off another in completing a later transaction with the New York Rangers? And what constitutes an “official” trade in the NHL? Those were some of the questions put to arbitrator Larry Bertuzzi. a Toronto lawyer, shortly after a series of controversial events June 20 in Montreal. It took five days of hearings, numerous witnesses-including Lindros himself-plus a meeting room full of lawyers to review the evidence and a verdict still had not been rendered by June 29. A decision was expected June…
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