Last summer I helped my neighbour out by selling a couple cards from my collection to him so he could give the cards as gifts to his nephews. One of those cards was able to net me two Rookie Silhouettes and this is the first of those two.
11-12 Crown Royale Erik Gudbranson Rookie Silhouettes Auto /99
While I never bought a box or a pack of this stuff, I do enjoy the Rookie Silhouettes a great deal and have a few in my collection now. The swatch is a nice 3 colour jersey piece that really pops out and the autograph is large and very visible. Erik was a member of the 2011 Canadian U20 team and helped them to a silver medal. Erik was a 3rd overall pick in the 2010 draft and really have developed into a spectacular shutdown defenseman for the Panthers who logs over 20 min a game on the blueline. He isn't going to wow with offensive numbers but he does help out on occasion and as he grows and matures I could see him chipping in a bit more as his career progresses. This is my first Gudbranson auto rookie and was on my to-do list for a while. I was able to add another blueliner with my proceeds from the card sale and I will share that in a future post.
Wow that is a beauty Dave! I don't have any Gudbranson cards myself yet, but I've officially adopted the Panthers as my team for the playoffs here with the B's out of it.
ReplyDeleteThat sure is one sweet looking card. I like how the player sort of "pops" out of the card.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! Good win for us last night Shane. Do you miss Reilly Smith now?
ReplyDeleteThanks Marc!
So funny you wrote that, as I JUST said in an email to Marc LAST NIGHT that Smith is making me wonder how much Claude Julien's coaching style was holding him back with the B's. Go Panthers!
DeleteI did read that last night. Funny stuff. I think the centerpiece of the trade was getting Marc Savard's contract off the books. Fairly certain Jimmy Hayes scored as many goals for Boston this season as Smith did last season for a whole lot less money. But with all that being said. Yes, as a Bruins fan, I do miss Reilly Smith.
ReplyDelete