As every good hockey fan knows the hockey calendar year gives us lovers of this great sport two Christmases; Draft day and Trade Deadline day. For both these days we sit by our tv or more and more these days, we are clicking the refresh button on our favourite hockey sites anxiously awaiting news of who went where and for whom. We cheer when our team lands the guy we want and we moan and groan when we feel like our team has traded the family jewels for magic beans. None the less its a day full of hope and excitement, not unlike Christmas.
For Hockey card collectors the trade deadline can change our feeling for a card instantly and you may never truly appreciate those cards same again after today. I had that feeling awhile ago when the Oilers had moved Ryan Smyth to the New York Islanders in 2007, for a little Swede, a mid first rounder and a kid who became a should have been that never was. I had purchased a few years earlier a lot of Ryan Smyth cards, it was a good deal, I liked Smytty and obviously the Oilers. All of a sudden, these cards just didn’t look right , they seemed almost wrong, who was this guy in an Oilers jersery, he doesn’t play for them! Then that summer he signed with Colorado, and then he was off to LA and now when I look at those cards, I wonder what happened, did he ever play with the Oilers and now I have a whack cards that have no use or love for.
But, with everything there is two sides to a coin. For every loss there is gain, I can imagine the excitement for New Jersey fans whose team went out and got a real super star in Kovalchuk. These Devil fans can look forward to when they rip open a new pack next season and find a crisp piece of cardboard featuring Kovalchuk in Devil silks… pending his rights not getting trade on Draft day in June.
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