October Habs Show & Tell - Hotter Than Their Season!

[RGM81]

Things have not been good on the ice for your Montreal Canadiens this season. I think anybody that's watched any game except for the Ottawa romp can see there are....problems, starting in goal. Carey has not been Carey-esque this season. His SV% is very bad, and people are getting frustrated fast because if you do the math, every terrible outing makes the playoffs less and less likely. *sigh*

Anyways, here's some hockey cards.

COMC had a delivery day for me...



















Fun stuff indeed!

Here are some other pickups...











Two pretty fun highlights...

The first pack-inserted (more on that in a bit) Jonathan Drouin Habs card!


And my first-ever Cup Program of Excellence auto!


But for me and the cards, October will be best remembered for a very special set that @Pheebs888 and I got to help create with Upper Deck. They were very good to us and gave us pretty wide creative freedom to provide whatever great ideas we thought would make for good cards, and even allowed us some input into the photo selection. So when these arrived, it was a pretty good day for one's pride...










And coolest of all, the first Jonathan Drouin card showing him as a member of the Montreal Canadiens!


That's it for October!

Thanks for coming around, here's hoping that the Habs do the same soon, too!

[30ranfordfan]

Patches been traded to the Oilers yet? (man, I love unfounded internet rumors).

Nice haul! I assumed there would be that set from the Montreal Show.... but I will give you big props on the Weber stuff. POE is a great looking card, and I really like the Ultimate too.

[RGM81]

Yeah that collection has been coming strong lately--more cards of him than anybody else the past couple months, haha. Need to get going on Drouin at some point. Have any @30ranfordfan? I may have a Draisaitl or two I can swap ya.

[creasecollector]

That set is awesome, congrats on getting your hands on one! That must have been a great experience!

Nice pickups all around!

[Pheebs888]

Good stuff as always Richard, was a pleasure working with you on the set. Got to start thinking about the follow-up though ;)

[30ranfordfan]

[QUOTE=RGM81;14511264]Yeah that collection has been coming strong lately--more cards of him than anybody else the past couple months, haha. Need to get going on Drouin at some point. Have any @30ranfordfan? I may have a Draisaitl or two I can swap ya.[/QUOTE @RGM81 i dont, sorry.... But if anything interesting comes up, ill let you know!

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[odjickfan]

What is that set of Memorable Moments exactly? Nice stuff :)

[creasecollector]

Seems like you may need to add a couple Lindgren rookies in November ;)

[LoveThisGame]

Couple Habs I picked up this past couple weeks

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[RGM81]

What is that set of Memorable Moments exactly? Nice stuff :)

It's a follow-up of sorts to the subset that was included in the Habs Centennial set. UD wanted to do something special for the attendees of the Montreal Anti-Expo that was last month, so they reached out to Karine and I (apparently they think we know things about the Habs) about crafting a set for people as a bonus item if they buy UD stuff at the show. It was a lot of fun to put together, as we'd come up with about 15 different moments/events that have happened for the Canadiens and their players in the eight years (!) since the set was released. And they hooked us up with a few sets for ourselves as well.