Trevor Linden TTM

Received 5/26/11
Wow! Great success from a sure to be hall of famer! Linden is one of the most iconic figures in Canucks history! I didn't think I would get this one back because I have never seen any successes from him before, but who knows, maybe he is in a good mood because his Canucks are in the Final. Anyway awesome success, I haven't sent much out recently so its good to see old stuff come back. This one took like 5 or 6 months and I sent it to his house in Canada.

Eric Staal TTM

Received 5/16/11
It looks like the eldest Staal decided to empty out his mail box this past week because I got everything back yesterday! I got 6 things from Mr. Staal and a couple of them were stuff I sent out like 2 years ago! I decided to keep these two and give the rest to my brother (they turned out kind of crappy!) I got stuff back from cards sent to the Hurricanes and to his house.

Bobby Clarke TTM

Received 5/16/11
Great success from a NHL Legend. Clarke is probably the best player to ever put on a Flyers sweater. Him and the rest of the broad street bullies drove teams crazy by beating them on the ice and on the scoreboard. Bobby is also a great TTM signer as well. This is my second success from him so far. This is the first time I have ever seen him sign in blue as well so that is also a plus for the 8x10. The photo took about 2 weeks and was sent to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Stanley Cup Thoughts

Even though my Sabres are out, I am still following the Stanley Cup Playoffs every night. Here are my projections of whats going to happen in the next couple of weeks.

Tampa Bay vs Boston: I'm comparing this series to the Miami Heat-Chicago Bulls series going on in the NBA. The Heat are like the Lightning because they are both young teams with three exciting players in the league on their team; and Boston to "da Bulls" (SNL reference) because both have an extremely great history but haven't won any championships recently. Even though I hate the Bruins (same with any other team in the North East with Montreal as an exception) I think Boston in 6. They have much more playoff experience and I think they are just way too physical for Tampa to handle.

Vancouver vs San Jose: Both teams are extremely talented but they almost blew 3-0 series leads. Have ice advantage I think will play a big part in this series so I am saying Canucks in 7. Unlike San Jose, their fan base is a lot stronger and their star players are playing great. If San Jose wants a chance to win, guys like Heatley and Thornton need to step it up. This is going to be a great series and I cant wait to see it play out!

Stanley Cup Final: Vancouver Boston will be a great Final to see so I really hope it turns out this way. I'm saying Vancouver wins Lord Stanley in 6. Don't get me wrong, Boston is a great team, but I don't think they have enough in them to win it all. I'm siding with Canada on this one boys!

Let me know what you think, comment your projections and if you get everything right, you could see a little prize coming your way!

Niklas Backstrom TTM

Received 5/13/11
Great success from a great NHL Goaltender. Backstrom was hurt pretty much the whole year I think so Jose Theodore played for him. Nice for him to still sign his mail though. These cards took a while, about 9 months from his home address.

09/10 UD set... so far!

^=TTM
*=IP

^Jonas Hiller, ^George Parros, ^Brian Campbell, ^Drew Doughty, ^David Booth,

*Craig Rivet, *Nathan Gerbe, ^Derek Roy, ^Rod Brind'Amour, ^Mike Commodore, ^Rick Nash, *Niklas Lidstrom, ^Chris Osgood, ^Mark Streit,

^Tomas Plekanec, ^Keith Yandle, ^Kyle Turris, ^Dan Boyle, ^Keith Tkachuk, *Mike Green, ^Steven Stamkos, ^Sergei Gonchar.

Tomas Kopecky TTM

Received 5/6/11
This is a good one for me because the card i got signed by him in person turned out like crap because it was signed in silver. Kopecky and a pretty good year in Chicago, they almost pulled a fast one on Vancouver, who now looks like they will be in the Western Conference Championship game. Card took like 5 months from the Chicago Black hawks.

We Have a Winner!

Congrats to Kyle Wong, the winner of the Rick Dipietro contest! Thanks to everybody who entered in their answers, I will definitely do more contests in the future. The correct answer to the question was the real Alexander the Great, Alexander Moginly with 76 goals in one year. Thanks to everyone who participated and congrats Kyle.

David Legwand TTM

Received 4/28/11
This is an interesting one. I remember sending to David Legwand a long time ago but, not with these cards. He must have mistakenly put somebody elses cards in my SASE. This is still a great success from the Predators veteran. Maybe with his help, they can upset the Canucks ! Cards were sent to the Nashville Predators but they came back with a return address from I believe his house in Michigan.

Milan Hejduk TM

Milan Hejduk is one of the best players to be apart of the Colorado Avalanche and is one of the few members that are on the team that won the cup with the Avs. Milan signed 1/1 through the Colorado Avalanche.

Bobby Ryan TTM

Great success from one of the most exciting players to watch in the whole NHL. Bobby has just recently came back from a suspension he acquired during the playoffs for stomping on someones foot, but he did manage the score one of the best goals of the year the day of his return. Bobby signed 1/1 through the Anahiem Ducks.

Jaroslav Halak TTM

I got this one the same day as my Carey Price cards so It was kind of cool to get last years and this years Habs goalie on the same day. Halak played great last year in Montreal and had another great season this year in St. Louis. Halak signed 1/1 through the St.Louis Blues.

Carey Price TTM

Great success from one of the top goaltenders in the league. He has had perhaps his best season this year and I'm surprised he wasn't nominated for the Vezina. Carey signed 2/2 through the Montreal Canadiens.

Bryce Salvador TTM

Great success from one of my favorite defensemen in the league. Bryce was hurt most of the year but I can't wait to see him play in 2011-2012. He signed my card and 4x6 photo through his home address.

Mike Knuble TTM

Great success from a great veteran in the league. Sorry my first post of this got messed up, I don't know what happened. Knuble will be a great asset for the Caps in the second round as they will hopefully be facing the Buffalo Sabres. Cards were sent to the Washington Capitals.