Card of the Day - 2013/14 Panini National Treasures : Rogie Vachon Autograph and Relic

As a fan of the Kings with less than stellar knowledge of past players prior to the current team (post strike) I am only aware of 3 goaltenders other than Quick.

Hrudey and Felix Potvin aka the cat are the two that come to mind the most as that is the only other era (1990's) that I am somewhat versed in. The other is Rogie Vachon.

I knew he played for the Kings and upon further research he played the most years of his career with the team. He started with the Monteal Canadians but was traded to the Kings 6 years later where he played 7 years with them. I learned more about Rogie from various websites but a lot can be found on WIKIPEDIA .

As I try to acquire autographs of past Dodgers and Kings I knew Rogie would someday make it to my collection and that day has come. When it comes to the Kings autographs I am not as picky to sticker autographs and to be quite honest sticker versions are more commonplace than on card ones so my selection is limited.

I for sure wanted one with Rogie in his old school Hockey mask and this card does not disappoint. This is a great black and white photo of the goaltender great. As a bonus it also contains 2 pieces of relic. I no longer get relic cards but if that is the only way I can score a deal on a needed autograph then that is the road I will go.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2013/14 Panini Contenders : Martin Jones Base Autograph

Another nice little break from the baseball cards as it was time to acquire another autograph of the Stanley Cup Champions.

Martin was one of the back-up goalies to mainstay Jonathan Quick. Martin burst onto the scene when Quick went down with an injury and performed quite well. I knew at sometime I would need to add his autograph to my slowly but surely growing Kings collection. Now I had to find one that was good enough for me.

Not much to chose from as I really didn't want to go the sticker route but was resigned to do till I finally found this copy. I have seen it before but most sellers were asking way too much for my taste in BIN auctions. This one though was on a traditional auction with a starting asking price of 99 cents. I didn't expect to win it for that amount nor did I expect to win it at $1.25 which is exactly what I did.

A nice inexpensive addition to my collection. The Kings are on the brink of a possible dynasty which is unheard of in today's parity of sports. But the Ducks and Blackhawks will stand in their way once again and will be formidable opponents just like every year. In my opinion whoever comes out of the west between those 3 teams will win the cup in 2016. Hopefully it will be the Kings who will raise Lord Stanley for the 3rd time in 5 years.

Go Kings Go !!!

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2013/14 Panini : Tanner Pearson Logo Autograph (20/99)

Yeah... so... I said I would only be collecting King autographs from their Stanley Cup win from a couple years ago. Well just like I changed my mind on signed balls I am adjusting my hockey habits now as well.

Unlike baseball cards I won't be collecting multiple autographs of the same player but want to now acquire one autograph from each player that has put on a King's jersey no matter when and how long they played for the team.

I still want to hopefully acquire all autographs on card but I know that will not happen. Tanner has a few sticker autographs but I was able to locate this great looking piece on eBay. The price ended up being around $10 delivered but that is because there is another autograph on the flip side. Yeah, not showing any love for that one as it is a Duck and they will not receive any love on my blog.
= )

A great first card in my non 2011/12 Stanley Cup winning Kings pursuit.
Go Kings Go !!!

20 of 99

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin