Bradinn

If you’ve wandered down the centre aisles of a Canadian Costco recently, you know it’s a dangerous place for your wallet. You go in for a rotisserie chicken and a flat of toilet paper, and suddenly you’re staring at a giant display of 2025-26 O-Pee-Chee NHL Booster Collections nestled right between bulk laundry detergent and a 10-pound tub of peanut butter.


They normally retail for $50, but Costco had them on sale for $40 CDN. For that, you get 18 packs of classic paper hockey ...

The View from The Cheap Seats

There is a specific kind of magic that exists in the crinkle of a silver foil pack from the early 1990s. For me, that magic started with a pack of 1990-91 Score Hockey. I can still recall the thrill of tearing open those wrappers, shuffling through the bright borders, and immediately plotting which duplicates I could swap with friends the next day at school. Shortly after came 1991-92 Pro Set—overproduced, flawed, and absolutely beautiful to a kid ...