Should Auction Houses Knowingly Sell Cards With Fake Patches? w/ Mitch Gropman, Who's Hot & The Return Of The Struggle Bus, Honoring Martin St. Louis, Hellebuyck Stays A Jet, Mailbag and Personal Pickups.
On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's almost most famous number 26 for episode 126, Martin St. Louis (4:31). Next, Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus return for the 2023-24 NHL season where we take a look at the players that lit the NHL on fire in Week 1 and the players that sputtered out of the gate (18:22). In Hobby News, Connor Hellebuyck and Mark Scheifele sign extensions to remain Jets (39:20). There's more fake patch drama as a Sidney Crosby The Cup rookie patch auto sells at auction with a fake patch disclaimer. The Cup expert, Mitch Gropman, joins the show to give us his take and debate the ethics of selling cards with fake patches (44:21). We answer your hockey cards mailbag questions (1:54:37), and end the show with Personal Pickups (2:23:17).
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