Paul's Autograph Mania Blog: Prospects

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

May 22, 2013 - Package from Finland

Sweet, another end-of-season package coming back from a fellow grapher!

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Finnish players c/o Trade
Harri P. - Jyvaskyla, Finland

One of the best parts of this hobby is interaction with collectors around the world. I have traded for a few years with Harri, one of a trio of great SM-Liiga graphers in Finland. Harri was able to snag a bunch of Finnish NHL draftees in person at JYP games in Jyvaskyla. Teuvo Teravainen is the highest pick out of the lot, drafted 18th overall by the Hawks last summer. However, most notable in this group of scans are two additions to my Rookie Index Card collection: Lennart Petrell and Lars Eller. With the acquisition of Lars Eller, I am now down to 19 players remaining to complete the 2009-10 set. Kiitos Harri!

Rookie Index Cards:

Lars Eller
2009-10 RIC

Lennart Petrell
2011-12 RIC

Cards:

Markus Ketterer

Custom NHL Draft Cards:

Teuvo Teravainen
2012, 18th Overall

Ville Pokka
2012, 34th Overall

Joonas Korpisalo
2012, 62nd Overall

Esa Lindell
2012, 74th Overall

Niklas Tikkinen
2012, 148th Overall

Petteri Lindbohm
2012, 176th Overall

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

May 20, 2013 - Mailday Monday

I wasn't expecting to get anything back this week, but one big envelope came in!

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OHL players c/o Trade
Mark O. - London, ON.

I've been trading with Mark for a few seasons: he helps me out with OHL players in person in London, while I help him with WHL players in Seattle/Everett. We both collect the Heroes & Prospects sets, and today's return consisted of a number of H&P autographs plus a bunch of custom cards from my NHL Draft sets. Thanks again Mark for all the great work this season! I hope we can do this again next time!

Cards: