Card of the Day 20/365: 24-25 The Cup Macklin Celebrini RPA Gold /24  (📸 SlabSharks eBay)

Macklin Celebrini is currently the biggest chase in hockey cards right now, but it’s crazy that this Cup RPA recently sold at auction for $65k CAD considering he hasn’t even won a single playoff game.

Card of the Day #13/365: 14-15 The Cup Monumental Patch Mats Sundin (📸 IG: patchy_mc_patcherzzz)

Other products try, but not sure there’s a card set that features memorabilia better than The Cup’s Momumental Patch. This game-used patch was worn by Mats Sundin during the 96-97 season to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Maple Leaf Gardens.

1990 Score Future Superstar Eric Lindros #440 was one of the hottest cards to find. In 1990, Eric Lindros was massively popular, almost mythic for a teenage hockey player. He wasn’t just the best prospect in hockey, he was viewed as the future of the sport. At 17, he dominated the World Junior Championship, overpowering older players with a rare mix of size, speed, skill, and mean streak that people hadn’t seen since Mario Lemieux. In Canada especially, he was everywhere—sports magazines, TV highlights, and nonstop debate about whether anyone should be that big and that talented. By the time the NHL Draft rolled around, Lindros wasn’t just the clear No. 1 pick, he was treated like a generational event, someone expected to change whichever franchise landed him. Even people who didn’t follow junior hockey knew his name, which says a lot for 1990.

Card #4/365: 2019 UD Clear Cut Canvas Sigs. Red Ink Auston Matthews /34 (my PC)

In honour of Auston Matthews becoming the Toronto Maple Leafs all-time goal scoring leader, here’s my fave card of his. These red ink variations are limited to the player's jersey number. It shows him during a warmup before a game vs. MTL in Feb. of 2020.