Thank you very much for the contest. Here's my entry
Pick game winner. Steelers.
Pick spread winner (Using today's Steelers -7 line). Cardinals
Pick MVP. Ben Roethlisberger
Pick Roeth/Warner more TDs. Roethlisberger
Pick Roeth/Warner more Ints. Warner
Pick if 100+ yard rusher. No
Pick Larry...
I am pretty sure that market plays a big factor just like baseball. Canadian teams are the best market for hockey. If Bobby Ryan were drafted by a Canadian team, i probabaly would've only picked up a few of his autos because his prices out of the gate would have been a lot higher. Another big...
Bruin7 that is a nice Setoguchi patch. I wish I would have bought more of him too, was planning on it but never did. I have like two of his autos (Hot Prospects and SP Authentic), but i do have one of his young guns plates (cyan i think). Still not sure when is the best time to unload that guy.
You can certainly prospect hockey. I have a few guys i have prospected. I have a nice amount of Bobby Ryan stuff. His cards were really cheap last year, so I picked some up. His cards have seen a significant increase so far this year with his solid play. Once i have my stash scanned, i will share.
I've busted only two cases of Bowman, 07 Draft and 08 Draft. My 07 had a couple nice ref, Moustakas and Laporta, and a Blue Burgess, but the rest of the hits were crap. My 08 Draft was a "green" case and i hit a ref Stanton and the rest were pretty crappy. At least with the 08 draft, i have $196...
My best experience was similar to the OP. I pulled two DJ strawberry redemptions and they turned into Chris Davis. I sold the redemptions for about $130 each, much better than the $10 I would have gotten for the two Strawberry redemptions.
Re: Contest!
Thanks for the contest.
How many packages containing cards arrived? 13
Highest dollar amount in one package? 163
Most cards in 1 package? 8
They are not autos. Last year they were numbered /399. UD will announce who the Rookie redemptions are later in the season. Usually people speculate who it will be based on the team or if its a wild card redemption, usually the lower the number in the checklist, the better.
The Magic man strikes me for the first time. I found these in the mail today:
Then I got a nice 1/1 to add to the Crawford collection:
And then the biggie from the Magic man:
Very happy to add a Magic Pappa auto to the PC. Thank you very much my man, I really appreciate your kind...