This time I sent him a bunch of early year Blue Jays cards for his collection, and in return I received 7 cards towards various want lists.
This is a pair of cards from the 2009-10 OPC set, immediately I put them both into the "where are they now? category.
Of course, Atlanta lost its hockey team for the 2nd time to Winnipeg several years ago. Maybe if they had brought the Flames back to Atlanta it might have worked, but the Thrashers never really caught on.
I certainly remember Christian Ehrhoff in the NHL about a decade ago, but I wondered what had happened to him when I saw his card. Off to hockey reference for a look.
Christian played 2 years in Vancouver right after leaving San Jose, and had his most productive seasons in the league. He scored 14 goals in each of his 2 seasons with the Canucks and garnered Norris Trophy votes for the best defenseman in both years.
After having those 2 solid seasons, he was traded twice in 2 days, both times for 4th rd picks in the 2012 draft, which kind of baffles me. Christian would play 3 years in Buffalo, then finish off his career in the 14-15 season playing for both LA and Chicago. 789 games over 12 seasons, 74 goals. A solid NHL career if you ask me. I just couldn't remember him leaving the game...
This will go into the Ichiro binder, but to be honest these Triple Play cards will always leave something to be desired in my books.
I was going to grouse on how the Upper Deck First Edition cards were just another rehash of their base sets in the late 2000's, but then I remembered that Topps does the same thing with Opening Day and their designs. Moving on...
Finishing up with a trio of Keith Tkachuk cards. I especially like the one on the right that features him in the classic Kachina style Coyotes jersey (I own one myself). I've really expanded the want list for Tkachuk cards on the TCDB site and this is the first of 2 trades that I'll show this week that has helped this collection along.
Thank you very much Joseph for another great trade!! Look forward to the next one.
Enjoy the hobby!
Robert
I remember Ehrhoff when he was with the Sharks, but didn't follow him after he was traded away. Honestly don't even remember who he was traded for.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a pleasure trading with you.
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