[bobc88]

It looks like the Kings are contining their series of lineup cards this year. Have any other teams issued postcards, photos, etc? Checklist them there.

I'm always interested in Edmonton Oilers team issued PCs.

Bob C

[penguinsrock93 www.TorontoCardShow.com]

I know the Canadiens did that last year as I got a bunch of them here in hand. Not sure if they'll do it again this year.

[bobc88]

You can pretty much count on the Canadiens to put out a nice postcard set. They've been doing so since at least the '60s.

[bobc88]

I received a set of postcards from the Canucks today. Very nice set. Here's the checklist: 1 Roberto Luongo, 2 Mattias Ohlund, 3 Kevin Bieksa, 4 Aaron Miller, 5 Lukas Krajicek, 6 Sami Salo, 7 Brendan Morrison, 8 Willie Mitchell, 9 Taylor Pyatt, 14 Alex Burrows, 15 Byron Ritchie, 16 Trevor Linden, 17 Ryan Kesler, 19 Markus Naslund, 20 Jeff Cowan, 22 Daniel Sedin, 24 Matt Cooke, 27 Brad Isbiser, 33 Henrik Sedin, 41 Curtis Sanford & Canucks Logo.

Still hoping to receive something from the Oilers and Sharks.

Bob C

[bobc88]

Not quite a team issue, but the Minnesota Crime Prevention Association issued a set of nine Wild trading cards. Here's the checklist: 1 McGruff The Crime Dog, 2 Niklas Backstrom, 3 Brent Burns, 4 Pierre-Marc Bouchard, 5 Nick Schultz, 6 Stephane Veilleux, 7 Josh Harding, 8 Petteri Nummelin & 9 Branko Radivojevic. It would be nice if the set included more of the players on their roster.

I should have the Canadiens set tomorrow...

Bob C

[bobc88]

The Montreal Canadiens have once again issued a very nice player postcard set. Here's the checklist: 6 Tom Kostopoulos, 8 Mike Komisarek, 11 Saku Koivu, 14 Tomas Plekanec, 20 Bryan Smolinski, 21 Christopher Higgins, 22 Steve Begin, 25 Mathieu Dandenault, 26 Josh Gorges, 27 Alex Kovalev, 28 Kyle Chipchura, 31 Carey Price, 32 Mark Streit, 39 Cristobal Huet, 40 Maxim Lapierre, 44 Roman Hamrlik, 46 Andrei Kostitsyn, 51 Francis Bouillon, 54 Mikhail Grabovski, 57 Garth Murray, 71 Patrice Brisbois, 73 Michael Ryder, 79 Andrei Markov & 84 Guillaume Latendresse.

Still looking for Oilers and Sharks PCs.

Bob C

[bobc88]

I received some nice photos from the Oilers today. A change in style from the postcard photos issued by the team annually since '86, this year they produced 8x10 color photos similar to lineup cards produced by a few other teams. My package included 13 Andrew Cogliano, 16 Jarret Stoll, 22 Jean-Francois Jacques, 44 Sheldon Souray, 46 Zack Stortini, 51 Kyle Brodziak & 77 Tom Gilbert. Always looking for other players...

Coincidentally, today is the Oilers autograph session at the West Edmonton Mall. Did anybody go? Who was there? Were the players signing signing these 8x10s?

Bob C

[barthea]

Are you getting these cards from Fan Packs?

[bobc88]

I don't usually request "fan packs" because they mean different things to different teams. I prefer postcards or photos (instead of stickers, schedules, magnets, etc.) so I usually request those specifically. Some teams send stuff back and some don't. So... I just wrote to the Oilers and requested player photo postcards and this is what they sent back.

[vin42]

I just got back from the Oilers autograph session. They were signing the regular postcards that they sign each year. All the players on the roster were there except Torres who's either prepping for or just out of surgery on his knee
Got 7 postcards, only 2 signed. The lines were pretty crazy this year, expecially for Hemsky (about a 2 hour wait).

Bobc88: Any chance you can scan one of those 8x10s? Would love to see what they look like.