Latest Puck Junk Podcast: The One In Which Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

Ever start a PC or maybe you've been collecting a player for a long time? Then, like some kind of cosmic rift in the matrix, your player gets traded or leaves the team. This week, Sal and I had an interesting chat about player collecting and if and how changing teams affects a players collectability.  What's the consensus? Do collectors still go after those players? Do they give up completely? We poll the masses to get hobby thoughts.  Check it out where you get your PODs.

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New Player Collection

I think I have decided to make it official.  All this despite the fact that he was unable to secure a roster spot this year and the fact that this was the second year in a row where he was unable to do so.  Of course I am speaking of Penguins prospect Eric Tangradi.  He is so close to making the team it is sick.  He is going to have a few shots this year as his size and mobility around the boards makes him an excellent injury fill in.  I just hope he can make the best of them without injury.

So far this year he has one point on an assist for WBS.  That will inevitably increase as the 6'4" 225lb forward can not only bang down low but has a pretty good wrist shot.  We will of course see.

At any rate, I have added him to the side panel along with some scans of the collection thus far.  Positives...he only has about a 130 cards at this point.  Negatives...most of them are either autos, memorabilia, or 1/1s.  If you have anything that I may not have scanned in, let me know and we can trade.  Or as has become customary, you send it to me and then 8 months from now when you have forgotten, I return the favor.  (just kidding, partially).

My new favorite pastime...$.99 auctions

I have been doing quite a bit of bidding on $.99 auctions as of late. If you pay attention to the shipping details, you can make out pretty well on many of these. Here was one in particular that I scored on. 6 Jaromir Jagr cards (only 1 I already had) for 99 cents and, get this, free shipping. The auction closed with my 1 and only bid for, yep, you guessed it. 99 CENTS.

So here we have 6 cards for one of my player collections. Add those to the two from the other day and that makes 10, no wait...9, I mean 8 cards for my Jagr player collection. Anything to keep me away from blaster boxes.

1. 1999-00 Pacific Card #338

2. 1999-00 UD Victory Checklist Card #234

3. 2000-01 UD Powerdeck Card #AUX 17

4. 1999-00 Topps Gold Label Class 1 Card #15

5. 2001-02 Upper Deck ICE Card #42

6. 2002-03 Topps Heritage Card #6

Colorful text is neat!! And also annoying. I won't do that again. I promise.

New Years Resolutions...1. stop procrastinating

Everyone that has a card blog seems to have posted some sort or another of a New Years Resolution for collecting this year. I have been meaning to do so as well but, like everything else, I seem to keep putting it off. In my defense, I have been preoccupied with some of my other NYR's that have sort of become that proverbial snowball, if you know what I mean. I decided that after over 12 years of avoiding health practitioners, I'd see a doctor. What I want to know is why isn't there anything wrong with me until I go to the doctor? But none of that is relevant here because this, my friends, is a card blog.

So my card collecting resolutions for the new year are all based on my actions of last year and the amount of money and time I spend amassing a giant pile of insignificance. Therefore, in no particular order, I bring to you the Real DFG's Card Collecting Resolutions:

1. Buy less retail wax. I have become so caught up in busting packs that I lost site of the fact that for the most part, I am not gaining anything toward my PC. I've talked about this numerous times; that burn that courses through my veins as I tear into the packs searching for the "greatest pull of all time". What that is, I don't know. But what I do know is that I need to stay away from the Wal-Mart.

2. Trade more. That's what it is all about right? Trading? I decided to put my own Trading Tracker on the page to the left here so I can really see what my habits are. Last year I spent more time searching for stuff on eBay rather than my fellow collectors. Hopefully we can change that.

3. Build more in my PC. I didn't buy very much for my PC last year other than a few cards. In fact, I can only think of about 10 or so cards that I would even consider permanent fixtures to my collection. This will change. My goal is 50 PC cards. That's about 4-5 per month. I can do it.

4. Expand my player collections. I have so many half-assed player collections it is ridiculous. I plan to refocus some of my attention on building these and filling some holes. Now that I have discovered CheckOutMyCards and SportsLots, this might be easier than I thought.

5. Finish some sets. I have about 2 dozen partial sets. I plan on completing at least six of these by Jan 1 2011. Maybe some readers can help me out. My wantlists are also posted on the right.

That's it. I only have 5 goals. Not 10 or 15 like some of my fellow bloggers out here but 5. I think it is pretty realistic and I am already on my way with some trades in the hopper so we will see at the end of the year where I am (if I last that long).