Product Preview - 2011-12 O-Pee-Chee (Checklist Added 9/22)

[guiltypetit89]

Beard variation... How will they do for:
- Goalies
- The 14 non-playoff teams
- Teens players
- Patrick Kane and Sidney Crosby

Good luck with that Upper Deck!

Crosby had a playoff beard in 08-09 lol just like toews last year

[Scottsdale7711]

http://sports.upperdeck.com/collecto...?q=6&sid=57403

[gatesnapper]

FAIL

Bruins have only one Playoff Beard Variation out of the 50 card set.

[Drewk86a]

Not too bad! Only four Lindros and Zubrus to find. Lemieux only has 6 cards, base, 3 parallels and 2 memorabilia.

[GHCHambone]

One Francis and one Wilson. Ok shouldnt be too hard!

[mingus_md]

Thanks for the update. No big surprises. It seems to be very similar to previous years. Even though I am a big OPC collector, I am finding it hard to get excited about this release.

Oh, and on the UD website the release date they give is December 13, 2011. Is this accurate, or is it still being released in early October?

[RGM81]

Glad to see Josh in the set this year, always makes things fun for me. Habs quad will be a monster: Price/Cammalleri/Subban/Plekanec

On the ???? side, Paul Mara, Jeff Halpern, Benoit Pouliot, James Wisniewski, and Roman Hamrlik all shown as a Canadiens player in a 2011-12 product? And Guillaume Latendresse & Saku Koivu with a Playoff Beard Variation as a Hab? Come on, man!

Finally, massive weaksauce on that auto checklist.

[ginx86]

Is the Gordie Howe the retro variation? If so, these my be my favorite retro variation yet. This is my favorite Upper Deck set every year. Huge set which means huge team set. Lots of stuff for me to pull and chase.

[Yipper]

OMG!!!!!! I HAVE 4 + 1 Blank Back BRANDON YIP CARDS TO CHASE!!!! WOOOOOOOOTTTT!!!

Sorry, I am just excited lol... normally I won't have anything to chase since he isn't one of the "top" rookies =)))))))))

[RGM81]

He's not a rookie anymore, my friend. He'll probably get some love out of the larger sets this year for you.