Hobby Goals for the 2023-24 Season

[RGM81]

Let's have some fun.

Rookie development camp games have begun. The 2023-24 NHL season less than a month away. We are entering into a season with incredible hype surrounding the #1 draft pick, Connor Bedard.

What are some things that you'd like to accomplish this upcoming season? This can be anything from picking a new player to collect, landing one of those hard-to-find pieces, or even committing to hit some trades here on SCF. It's always fun to lay out a vision and make it reality, right? We can check in on each other throughout the year and see how we are progressing.

Here's a few things I'd like to do this upcoming season...

1. Get to 100 cards each for Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield. Currently, I'm at 86 and 69 (nice), respectively. That would be a cool landmark for each of the "new generation" PC's.

2. Kirby Dach will also become a full-on PC guy now that he will be getting a full slate of Habs cards. I really, really liked his game last season and hope he continues on that upward trend -- a lot of the Montreal media types project that he will be either a #1 on the wing with Caufield & Suzuki or a strong 2C on this team...either way, he features to be a key player in the Habs road ahead.

3. Finish my 2019 1st Round Picks PC and 2020 Team Canada Juniors PC -- the goal here is to get YG's of all the players who have made it to the NHL. I'm almost there and just need a small handful for each group.

4. Land a Bedard to keep for the collection. I made the mistake back in the day of trading away my McDavid YG -- yeah I got a cool Habs PC card out of it that I still own and greatly enjoy -- and I want to get something cool featuring the new Connor. Maybe my annual luck in Series 2 stays hot, maybe it's a Timmy's #1 Draft Pick card. But yeah, would like to get a card of him to keep. If all else fails, I always have that Team Canada TTM success to fall back on.

So yeah that's a few things I'd like to do over the next few months. What are your goals for this upcoming hobby season?

[mooneyes]

I typically just buy singles I want on eBay but this year I'm giving consideration to buying my first hobby case. Series 2 obviously. Last week I noticed a McDavid YG hobby box for sale at my LHS for $1,600.00. Got me thinking one could open boxes until they hit a Bedard YG, or 2...not too mention the parallels and other players, than put away at least one unopened box, maybe 2. If Bedard is that good, the unopened box would eventually pay for the case.

Aside from that I'd like to stream line what I already have. Quality over quantity.

[odjickfan]

I'll keep it easy for the 23-24 season. I'll watch for good deals on UD2 22-23 retail boxes (the checklist is loaded with decent Habs prospects) and buy my annual OPC hobby box. New Odjick cards are few and far between. I don't plan on going crazy on the Bedard madness. He might be good, but I could add some key pieces to my collection for the price of the boxes (for the price of an UD2 23-24 hobby box, I can get a decent graded Roy rookie). Also, I want to downsize my traders a bit. I'll put some cheap lots of inserts on ebay, and I might open some of my boxes full of Habs cards and see if I can move some.

[morasha7]

1. Finish my Leafs Centennial PC.
2. Make more trades (10+).
3. Accumulate more Luongo for my PC.
4. Have fun with the Tims. I know it doesn't have Young Guns or anything but it's always my favourite release.

[Seahawks Fan]

No Goals...just looking forward to opening most boxes that are less than $200 US and trading for all Kraken. Onlything I could see changing that, would be severe quality issues and lack of other people trading (the off season here has been rough). Not being able to trade defers me to buy more epack.

[odjickfan]

1. Finish my Leafs Centennial PC.
2. Make more trades (10+).
3. Accumulate more Luongo for my PC.
4. Have fun with the Tims. I know it doesn't have Young Guns or anything but it's always my favourite release.

Do you need SPs from the 101-200 part of the Leafs Centennial base set? I have a lot of them.

[morasha7]

Do you need SPs from the 101-200 part of the Leafs Centennial base set? I have a lot of them.

I need a lot still! I'll have to look at what I need though and send you a PM in the next couple of days. Are you interested in trading, selling, or both?

[odjickfan]

I need a lot still! I'll have to look at what I need though and send you a PM in the next couple of days. Are you interested in trading, selling, or both?

I have a preference for selling, but I can also look at tradelists. Please PM me when your list is ready, but there's no hurry, I'll be away for a week soon.

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