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06-20-2011, 11:02 AM
RE: Do Hockey collectors put their hobby on the shelf after the finals?
In my completely uneducated opinion - I would guess the Canada Post strike is really hurting the hockey sales right now.
So you're saying there actually IS an NHL off-season? Doesn't the 2011-12 season start in a couple weeks
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06-20-2011, 11:04 AM
RE: Do Hockey collectors put their hobby on the shelf after the finals?
(06-20-2011, 11:02 AM)ceocards Wrote: In my completely uneducated opinion - I would guess the Canada Post strike is really hurting the hockey sales right now.
So you're saying there actually IS an NHL off-season? Doesn't the 2011-12 season start in a couple weeks
We wish haha. Better then a lock-out. And I do hope the NBA/NFL has some sort of lock-out. NHL deserves more coverage.
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06-20-2011, 11:10 AM
RE: Do Hockey collectors put their hobby on the shelf after the finals?
Not to steer the thread off-topic, but as a "casual" hockey fan, I'd be much more inclined to tune in more often if the season wasn't so durn long...and eliminated at least 1/2 of the teams from playoff contention. I have the same complaint about the NBA.
Of course, being a huge baseball fan, I realize I'm being a bit hypocritical, as baseball season is certainly a marathon as well...
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06-20-2011, 11:30 AM
RE: Do Hockey collectors put their hobby on the shelf after the finals?
(06-20-2011, 11:10 AM)ceocards Wrote: Not to steer the thread off-topic, but as a "casual" hockey fan, I'd be much more inclined to tune in more often if the season wasn't so durn long...and eliminated at least 1/2 of the teams from playoff contention. I have the same complaint about the NBA.
Of course, being a huge baseball fan, I realize I'm being a bit hypocritical, as baseball season is certainly a marathon as well...
I think hockey needs 16 in a playoff, unlike the rare instance in basketball, you can almost predict the winners. In the NHL, every series is so close. I think the season is a little too long, but playoffs is fine, best playoff in sport.
And they need to add an extra 2 teams per league in baseball
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06-20-2011, 06:50 PM
RE: Do Hockey collectors put their hobby on the shelf after the finals?
ya marchands stuff was on fire and is still doing well but has slowed considerably...his opc auto rc /399 ended as high as $91 last week...now one just ended at like $22.50...its crazy...glad i picked one up in november when nobody cared about him for about $3 as a throw in on a combined shipping deal....
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06-20-2011, 07:03 PM
RE: Do Hockey collectors put their hobby on the shelf after the finals?
I am seeing the same downtrend but with a weird downtrend.
I bought a card off Ebay a few weeks ago for $2 flat, then take that same card that only I bid on and got 3 bids on it and sold it for more than double what I paid for it.
Then on the other hand I have a $160 card that was selling for around $100 ungraded. Mine is graded and after 6 days it is only up to $20.
It is odd how the small stuff is selling for close to what the big stuff is.
I seen a Turris Patch auto that the bid was more than 3 times the bid on a Patrick Kane Patch Auto that has like 4 colors and an insane amount of breaks. That I don't get at all
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