Hockey Cards Gongshow Draisaitl's Historic Playoffs Pace, Akira Schmid Struggles, Snoop Dogg...NHL Owner?, April Grading Report, Calder & Norris Trophy Finalists, Matthew Knies Rookie Deep Dive & Personal Pickups
On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast, we start by honoring the greatest NHL player to wear number 80 for episode 80 (5:05).It's another NHL Playoffs edition of Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus (10:27). Rookie Deep Dive is back and based on listener voting, we did a deep dive on Maple Leafs Rookie forward Matthew Knies (27:30). In Hobby News, Calder & Norris Trophy finalists were announced and we take a look at potential snubs, Snoop Dog joins a potential ownership group making a bid for the Ottawa Senators, Fanatics releases NHL jersey sales data, and we take a look at the April Grading Report from GemRate.com (34:17). Since they were drafted, this is the first year that neither Alexander Ovechkin or Sidney Crosby are in the NHL Playoffs and we take a look at the potential hobby impact of their absence (57:07). Could 2022-23 Trilogy be the sole May new hockey set release (1:03:37)? Finally, we end the show with Personal Pickups (1:06:20).
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