How Big is the Fake Comp Problem?, More Connor Bedard Cards Incoming, The Cup & OPC Hobby Value Ratings, February Hockey Card Market Review, Whot's Hot & Struggle Bus, Pastrnak Extension and NHL Expansion
On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the greatest NHL player to wear the number 62 for episode 62 (2:44). Next in Who's Hot, we look at the recent stellar play by Claude Giroux, Brayden Point and Kirill Kaprizov and the impact to their card values (8:32). It's an all Winnipeg Jets edition of the Struggle Bus with Pierre-Luc Dubois and Conor Hellebuyck taking their seats (18:13). We examine an egregious recent example of fake comps on eBay and how they are used to manipulate card values and give our thoughts on what eBay can do to fix the problem (24:55). In our Social Roundup segment, we take a look back to February and examine the top selling players, Young Guns sales trends and the top five selling hockey cards for the month (40:37). In Hobby News, we discuss potential NHL expansion and if putting teams in Atlanta and Houston is the best strategy to grow the game of hockey in the United States, and David Pastrnak's contract extension (52:44). Finally in New Product Releases, we give our Value Ratings for 2020-21 The Cup and 2022-23 O-Pee-Chee Hockey, plus breakdown the newly released checklist for SP Game Used CHL (1:03:24)
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