I posted Sunday about a recent trip to SMP Sports Cards in Grapevine. I mentioned picking up six packs of hockey cards that looked VERY lonely and after I posted the piece, I decided to open them up. I was really happy with what I got, from a PC standpoint.
I hit this insert in the second pack I opened and was ecstatic! I don’t go out in search of his cards, but I do keep any Eric Daze cards that I come across. He debuted with the Blackhawks during the 1994-95 season and played four games. During his first full season (1995-96) he scored 30 goals and looked like he would be the next big thing in Chicago. After Jeremy Roenick (my favorite player) was traded to Phoenix in August 1996, Daze was cursed by being named my new favorite Hawk. Unfortunately, Daze had steady back issues throughout his career and never quite reached the heights that some expected. He was able to play just 601 games, but scored 226 goals in those games. He was just 30 years old when he played his final NHL game.
LINK: What Happened to Eric Daze?
LINK: Chicago Blackhawks Legends: Eric Daze
LINK: Former Blackhawks star Eric Daze feeling good again
Taking any personal attachment out of it, I love this card for a couple of reason. I love that it’s a card from almost 20 years (holy cow, I am old) and if it’s not an “acetate” card, it’s the same concept. I also love that it’s “rare” and numbered out of 3500. Ah, how naive we were not too long ago. We thought that was rare!
Speaking of Roenick, I just had to show this card because I don’t understand the photography. I have no problem with using pictures that aren’t in the rink, but there’s just something that I don’t like about this card. Perhaps it’s the fringe coming off of the handlebars.
I can’t recall if it was a weak rookie crop that season to know if Jonas Hoglund was an appropriate choice for this ten-card insert set. I can say that I’ve never heard of him. This was about the time I started college and I stopped following hockey for a few years. Jarome Iginla is the only big name in the set that I could have hit anyway.
I’m not sure what the odds on the gold parallels were, but I ended up with one of them in six pack.
The other cards from my packs:
7 – Wayne Gretzky
9 – Patrick Roy
15 – John LeClair
17 – Paul Kariya
18 – Paul Coffey
22 – Bill Ranford
23 – Scott Stevens
29 – Peter Forsberg
34 – Vitali Yachmenev (2)
38 – Pierre Turgeon
39 – Petr Nedved
48 – Grant Fuhr
51 – Craig Janney
56 – Joe Sakic
63 – Peter Bondra
64 – Teemu Selanne
65 – Mark Messier
71 – Doug Weight
72 – Stephane Fiset
82 – Brian Leetch (2)
85 – Mario Lemieux
87 – Martin Brodeur
88 – Vyacheslav Kozlov
All-in-all, I was very happy with how my packs turned out!
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