Meanwhile
card companies are still going through with their hockey release schedule to
give hockey collectors their fix. Pacific has Titanium Hockey set for a January
release and after last year’s “miss-step” they returned to the original Pacific
style designs. I think this will go over well with the hockey faithful.
Each
$100 box will contain 5 packs with 4 cards per pack. There will be 5 hits
(memorabilia or autograph cards) with at least one hit being an autograph.
The
base card should be quite familiar returning to the metal/steel background
design. The 100-card base set uses a simple design, the player over the Titanium
logo. Each base card will have two hobby exclusive parallels, Ruby (numbered to
player’s jersey number) and Gold (numbered to NHL Draft position).
The Gold
Rookie cards, which there may be as many as 100 rookies but at least 50 rookies
will be included on the final checklist, use the same design but with a gold background
color and two “Rookie” bars along the
right and left borders. The rookie cards are going to be extremely limited with
only 1 rookie card per 16 box case (1 in 80 packs) and each card will be numbered
to the player’s jersey number. Panini will be including rookies from previous NHL drafts who spent some time with the parent club last season.
Some
of the announced inserts include Four Star Memorabilia, Milestone Goal
Die-Cuts, Game Worn Gear, Scorers and Metallic Marks Autographs. One of my
favorites, Game Gear, is back to what we expect from Titanium from last year’s
black and gold foil cards.
I've pretty much accepted the fact that there won't be a hockey season... which sort of sucks, because my Sharks aren't getting any younger. But at the same time, it gives me a reason to boycott spending money on hockey cards.
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