Episode Details
Back to EpisodesWill Jack Hughes Be 2023's Breakout Star? Connor Bedard Owns the World Juniors, 2023 Predictions Galore, Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus & Skybox Metal Universe Delayed
Description
On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast, we start 2023 off by honoring the NHL's greatest no. 44 for episode 44 (2:49). Next, we review Who's Hot and look at the past couple weeks on ice performance and hockey card values for Erik Karlsson, Mikko Rantanen, and Elias Pettersson (15:37). Alex Newhook and Alexis Lafreniere find them selves on the Struggle Bus (24:00). From here we start our look at predictions and hopes for the hockey card hobby and market in 2023 by establishing our criteria and candidates for potential breakout players (32:44). Josh & Troy give their wish list for what they'd like to see happen in the hockey card market in 2023 (1:03:10), then we look at a number of listener and follower predictions we've collected over the past month (1:21:35). In hobby news we review NHL injuries and standout performances from the ongoing World Junior Championships (1:34:33). Finally in new product releases, we discuss the week or so delay for 2021-22 Skybox Metal Universe and what that could mean for other January / February releases (1:42:08).
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