Ken "Bomber" Baumgartner was one of my favourite players when I was a child. I was an Islanders fan and they didn't have much on go other than Lafontaine and the truculence of ...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2021/02/lost-rookies-1988-89-opc-ken-baumgartner.html
"Little round man of the Ranger nets just as quick with a quip as he is with a kick save." says the back of Lorne "Gump" Worsley's 1962-63 Topps card. Without a doubt, Gump was...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2021/02/lost-cards-1975-75-opc-gump-worsley.html
This is the second time I received a TTM from Dan Daoust. The first was back in 2013. I sent to him again since I now had some custom cards for him to sign, which were fe...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/12/ttm-dan-daoust.html
I am sure my regular readers, if there are any, noticed I missed a few regular Thursday updates of the Lost Cards. I am back to a similar situation I was in early in the year.&...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/11/ttm-mario-brunetta.html
When I was a child, Mario Brunetta was a favourite of mine. I used to do mock leagues, with boxscores and trading cards. I have a notebook or two full of seasons tuc...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/10/lost-rookies-1988-89-opc-mario-brunetta.html
During the 1970s, with the influx of expansion teams and watering down of talent, games in the NHL were often being decided by fists shots, just as much as they were with wrist shots. ...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/10/lost-cards-1990-91-opc-borje-salming.html
Willi Plett is the career leader in all statistical categories for players born in Paraguay. Willi Plett is the only player born in Paraguay to play in the NHL. His parents imm...
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Mark "Trees" LaForest played in parts of six NHL seasons, but yet only had a single NHL card. A bit of a late bloomer, not only was Mark undrafted by the NHL, he didn't make the OHL ...
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It took awhile for Norm Foster to make the NHL. Originally drafted 230th overall, in the 11th round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins, Norm did not make his ...
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Gary Leeman is best known for two things - scoring 50 goals as a Maple Leaf, and being traded for Doug Gilmour. Or at least, that is how I remember him. &...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/09/lost-cards-1995-96-upper-deck.html
The tale of Bob Froese is a Tale of Two Cities. In Philadelphia, he was one of the best goalies in the NHL. In New York, he was a middling back-up. ...
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Dan Daoust was born in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in Ontario. He played with the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL. Daoust and the Royals won the highly controversial 1980 Me...
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The diminutive Jacques Cloutier, who is 5'7', played 12 NHL seasons but didn't get a rookie card until into his ninth season, when Junk Wax exploded. He spent the majority ...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/09/lost-rookies-1983-84-opc-jacques.html
After winning heaps of accolades, and a National Championship, while playing for his home state, Minnesota University, in the NCAA, Reed Larson was drafted 22nd overall by ...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/08/lost-cards-1990-91-opc-reed-larson.html
Glenn Healy has become more known as a hockey personality than as a hockey player. Let's look a closer look at Glenn Healy the hockey player. Healy attended Western Michig...
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When I think of 1980s enforcers, I think of Jay Miller. Miller and Bruins had legendary battles against Chris Nilan and John Kordic of the Montreal Canadiens. So I was sur...
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Ed "Boxcar" Hospodar played 9 seasons in the NHL. He racked up 1314 PIM in 450 games plus and additional 206 PIM in 46 play-off games. He earned the nickname Boxcar due to...
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Hannu Kappuri was one of the best goalies in Finland during the 1980s but his two attempts in North American were both dismal failures. Hannu played briefly in the WHA. ...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/07/lost-rookies-1985-86-opc-hannu-kamppuri.html
Brian Hayward was part of the NHL's best one-two goalie punches in the late 80s. Brian was the 1B to Patrick Roy with the Canadiens, but that wasn't enough for Brain, he wanted more. ...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/07/lost-rookies-1983-84-opc-brian-hayward.html
The Cardboard and Me is now on Facebook. I plan on updating some older posts with more re-skinned cards or filling in more blanks on some players careers. When I first started ...
Geoff Courtnall entered the NHL the same season as his younger brother, Russ. Russ Courtnall was a 1st round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Geoff was undrafted and sign...
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So awhile back I started doing the Topps/OPC baseball designs and I figure what better way to motivate myself than to feature Mike Bossy. If you missed it, Part One is here, and Part...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-lost-bossys-baseball-edition-pt-3.html
First off, the good news is that I pulled my computer out of storage and I hooked it up. Which means I can work on making up more Lost Cards. I had this one already 75% done be...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/07/lost-cards-1984-85-opc-dale-mccourt.html
One of the things I been doing while my own computer sits in a storage container is going through the goalie cards of the OPC sets from 1980s. I have been doing this by using the Tra...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/06/opc-goalies-1980-81.html
Steve Shutt was inducted into the HHOF in 1993. Drafted 4th overall in the 1972 draft by the Montreal Canadiens, Steve was one of four first round draft picks by the Canadiens that y...
http://jblarghcards.blogspot.com/2020/03/lost-cards-1985-86-opc-steve-shutt.html