Showing posts with label legends masterpieces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legends masterpieces. Show all posts

Monday, September 6, 2010

2008-09 Legends Masterpieces Pack Break

I have broken a few packs in the past, here they both are. I recently purchased two packs, and here they are.

Pack 1:

#63-Steve Shutt

A great player and scorer who is a Hockey (NHL) Hall of Famer

#20-Wayne Gretzky

The greatest of all-time, traded to Los Angeles. couldn't bring them a Cup, just a finals appearance, LA's only Cup final ever.

#23-Mike Bossy

Don't like him or any other Islander from their inagural season until 1995.

#65-Manon Rheaume

She played in two preseason games for Tampa as a publicity stunt.

I didn't own one of those cards, good pack if it weren't for Bossy.

Pack 2:

#27-Bobby Hull

"The Golden Jet" was signed by the Jets to a whopping $1 million contract... Good for him (it was a record at the time. Boy have times changed)

#17-Wayne Gretzky

A different Gretzky, something I talked about here and fixed here.

#72-Eddie Shack

I believe they called him "The Entertainer", Eddie was the man that clinched the '63 Cup for the Leafs.

#82-Bobby Orr

Amazing defenseman who paved the way for offensive defenseman such as Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, and Niklas Lidstrom

I already have the latter two, but another winner with Hull in the WHA and Gretzky.

My first pack break:
Pack 1----------4.5 Stars
Pack 2----------4 Stars

Thursday, August 26, 2010

What Would I Fix?

Oh, thank you for asking. Here's a printable checklist of the original 08-09 Legends Masterpieces from Upper Deck's website. And here is my proposal for 10-11 Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpieces.

1---Conn Smythe
2---Lester Patrick
3---Ed Snider
4---Joe Hall----------Montreal Canadiens
5---Joe Malone----------Montreal Canadiens
6---Ron Francis----------Hartford Whalers
7---Jacques Plante----------Montreal Canadiens
8---Ace Bailey----------Toronto Maple Leafs
9---King Clancy----------Ottawa Senators
10--Howie Morenz----------Montreal Canadiens
11--Clarence Campbell
12--Toe Blake----------Montreal Canadiens
13--Clint Benedict----------Ottawa Senators
14--Gary Bettman
15--Wayne Gretzky----------Edmonton Oilers
16--Pete and Jerry Cusimano
17--Alan Eagleson
18--James Norris
19--Frank Calder
20--"Punch" Imlach
21--Billy Smith----------New York Islanders
22--Mario Lemieux----------Pittsburgh Penguins
23--Bobby Orr----------Boston Bruins
24--Paul Henderson----------Team Canada
25--Borje Salming----------Toronto Maple Leafs
26--Jari Kurri----------Edmonton Oilers
27--The Stastnys----------Quebec Nordiques
28--Trevor Linden----------Vancouver Canucks
29--Gordie Howe----------Hartford Whalers
30--Brett Hull----------St. Louis Blues
31--Craig MacTavish----------New York Rangers
32--Phil Housley----------Buffalo Sabres
33--Dino Ciccarelli----------Detroit Red Wings
34--Bill Barber----------Philadelphia Flyers
35--Dave Andreychuk----------Buffalo Sabres
36--Mats Sundin----------Quebec Nordiques
37--Patrick Roy----------Montreal Canadiens
38--Peter Bondra----------Washington Capitals
39--Joe Sakic----------Colorado Avalanche
40--Bob Probert----------Chicago Blackhawks
41--Ray Bourque----------Boston Bruins
42--Pete Mahovlich----------Toronto Maple Leafs
43--Jean Ratelle----------New York Rangers
44--Brian Bellows----------Minnesota North Stars
45--Rick Martin----------Buffalo Sabres
46--Mike Gartner----------Washington Capitals
47--Alex Mogilney----------Vancouver Canucks
48--Joe Nieuwendyk----------Calgary Flames
49--Dale Hawerchuk----------Winnipeg Jets
50--Steve Yzerman----------Detroit Red Wings
51--Sergei Fedorov----------Detroit Red Wings
52--Bobby Clarke----------Philadelphia Flyers
53--Guy Carbonneau----------Montreal Canadiens
54--Jeremy Roenick----------Phoenix Coyotes
55--Steve Thomas---------Chicago Blackhawks
56--Paul Coffey----------Edmonton Oilers
57--Luc Robitaille----------Los Angeles Kings
58--Adam Oates----------St. Louis Blues
59--Doug Gilmour---------Toronto Maple Leafs
60--Al MacInnis----------St. Louis Blues
61--Larry Robinson----------Los Angeles Kings
62--Scott Stevens--------New Jersey Devils
63--Kent Nilsson--------Atlanta Flames
64--Alex Delvecchio----------Detroit Red Wings
65--Basil McRae----------Minnesota North Stars
66--Mark Howe----------Philadelphia Flyers
67--Peter Stastny---------Quebec Nordiques
68--Paul Coffey--------Pittsburgh Penguins
69--Doug Wilson---------Chicago Blackhwaks
70--Dennis Maruk---------Cleveland Barons
71--Gilles Gratton----------New York Rangers
72--Gary Suter---------San Jose Sharks
73--Gerry Cheevers-----Boston Bruins
74--Kevin Lowe---------Edmonton Oilers
75--Ed Belfour----------Dallas Stars
76--Brett Hull------------Dallas Stars
77--Tiny Thompson----------Boston Bruins
78--Ken Dryden---------Detroit Red Wings
79--Dave Kerr----------Montreal Maroons
80--Ziggy Palffy----------New York Islanders
81--"Rocket" Richard----------Montreal Canadiens
82--Wilf Paiement----------Colorado Rockies
83--Scott Niedermayer----------Anaheim Ducks
84--Sergei Makarov----------Calgary Flames
85--Adam Deadmarsh----------Colorado Avalanche
86--Keith Tkachuk----------Winnipeg Jets
87--Rod Brind'Amour----------Carolina Hurricanes

Yes, I kept it to 87 cards. Without a large Gretzky/Lemieux% it's hard to have 174 excellent players. Please comment and tell me what you think, post criticism and remind me of players I missed.

Legends Masterpieces


I'm talkin' aboot the 08-09 Masterpieces set again. It's time I did a set breakdown.

2008-2009 Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpieces

RATINGS:

Design----------------------4.5 Stars
Player Selection------------5 Stars
Parallel--------------------3 Stars
Inserts---------------------0 Stars
Cards per Pack--------------3 Stars

GOOD:

The design is great
Greatest players of all-time
Good amount of goalies

BAD:

Gretzky/Lemieux/Messier/Orr make up 15 cards
Who is Darryl Evans?
There is no Paul Henderson
only 87 cards

Final Rating

15.5 Points

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

My Birthday, part 2

Here's the next 5 packs I opened.

Pack 1:
#51-Johnny Bower*
#76-Andy Bathgate*
#1-Lord Stanley*
#7-Patrick Roy
cool, a Roy (my favorite non-Flyer goalie of all-time). Bathgate looks like a creeper, just sayin'.

Pack 2:
#29-Georges Vezina
#16-Theoren Fleury****
#43-Clark Gilles*****
#81-Mario Lemieux**
already opened the Lemieux, and the Fleury card I was hoping for. I do really like the brown borders, I'd like to see a black border but nobody has pulled one and put it on the internet.

Pack 3:
#77-Craig MacTavish
#3-Lady Byng
#8-Ron Hextall**
#83-Phil Esposito**
I have some complaints about this set that I'll share after I finish bustin' these packs.

Pack 4:
#64-Rick MacLeish***
#86-Mario Lemieux*
#31-Tony Esposito**
#38-Wayne Gretzky*
Another MacLeish (that makes 3) along with the same amount of #38.

Pack 5:
#77-Craig MacTavish**
#3-Lady Byng**
#46-Bobby Hull*
#1-Lord Stanley***
So kind of a bust on the last pack, no new cards.

*-already had
**-already opened from this box
***-both * and **
****-brown border
*****-already have brown border

I still like the set no matter how many Gretzky and Lemieux cards there are (it does annoy me a little).

Saturday, May 1, 2010

My Birthday

was yesterday and I decided to go shopping online for cards. On Dave and Adam's Card World I found a box of 20 packs of the 2008-09 Legends Masterpieces set for $25 and I just had to get it. I was gonna open them 5 packs-a-day, but not opening packs all at once is like eating just one Lay's potato chip. Here's my first pack break on the internet.

Pack 1:
#16-Theoren Fleury
#87-Mark Messier*
#25-Lanny McDonald
#49-Brian Leetch

a good pack, I was hoping to get the Fleury and McDonald, an okay pack.

Pack 2:

#70-Rogie Vachon*
#64-Rick MacLeish*
#9-Richard Brodeur
#31-Tony Esposito

MacLeish, awesome, and Brodeur (not the gay one, his dad) in the old Canucks V-sweater.

Pack 3:

#53-Guy Lafleur*
#44-Scotty Bowman*
#66-Marty McSorley*
#12-Mario Lemieux*

okay, all doubles, that's cool though.

Pack 4:

#68-Dale Hawerchuk*
#24-Pat LaFontaine*
#81-Mario Lemieux
#84-Mark Messier

another Lemieux and another Messier in this set.

Pack 5:

#22-Cam Neely
#45-Glenn Anderson
#5-Jari Kurri
#8-Ron Hextall
#83-Phil Esposito

All new cards to me, and a Hextall card.

I love this set so much. The painting idea by Upper Deck is so smart, and to print it on a canvas was genius. Still looking for a couple cards like the Parent and the Sutters.