The 20 Most Valuable Hockey Rookie Cards from 1990-1994

[@weekendroady2060]

Jaromir Jagr is still playing in the Czech league for his Kladno team. Just picked up his 2020-21 cards, technically his 31st year cards. He's a wonder of the world at this point...

[@xenaluck]

still playing in 2023

[@craigwolverton9597]

Hockey is sooooo underrated, thanks for enlightening the young collectors

[@timhamer8737]

No problem at all, I Love the sport myself!! And Thanks!, cause it is all a out the passion of the hobby, collecting, aswel as the sports, and todays youth I feel.

[@charlesmurphy1840]

1990 was one of the greatest rookie classes in hockey history..if it wasn’t the junk wax era and this class was 5 years earlier we would have been looking at sets like the 86 fleer basketball set..

[@17Helton]

That 1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Premier set should be at least 50% of what the '86 Fleer BK is. Packs should be a few hundred a piece and they can be had for $30-40 bucks. It doesn't contain a "Jordan" but still numerous HOF'ERS, print run, small set (132), similarities..etc.

[@jimnagelnagel1120]

Kinda like 80 81 mess bourqe gartner great one 2nd year

[@michaels7258]

Thanks for giving hockey some love. Mogilny and Forsberg are my favorite all time players so this was cool. What a class that 1990 group!

[@mccullochontario3719]

I found 4 of the forsbergs in my collection

[@SirManfly]

@@mccullochontario3719 I spent many a day buying packs of mostly hockey cards from the 70's to the mid 90's so I have many of these cards in my collection !!

[@sergelaurier8072]

@@mccullochontario3719 the only thing, if you want it to be worth those mentioned prices you need to have it graded first which is about 25$ a card - cheaper if you have more than one to grade, and somehow hope it is in perfect condition

[@pondababa4197]

Lived through and collected this era HARD, have virtually every card on the list. My Federov came back PSA 10 and my Jagr is still getting graded, which im confident will be a 10 too. Good Vid.

[@rickwozniak6589]

Love the "Swingers" reference to open the show.

[@stevesur81]

Love that you are covering more hockey! As a hockey guy who collected Kariya in the 90s I have to point out that Paul Kariya had a 91-92 Upper Deck Czech Rookie card. I was surprised to not see Keith Tkachuk on the list!

[@BlueToronto]

Nice to see this era of cards start to get some love. It's always so maligned, but there are some absolute legends that have rookie cards from that time.

[@kenscardboard]

1990 was an amazing class of hockey players. Great information, thanks for sharing.

[@michaelcalland801]

Love that 1990 OPC set... i think there's only 130 or so cards in it.. Its loaded with rookies & HOFs ....Great set to collect

[@billm5291]

I have the complete set. Mint!

[@michaelcalland801]

@@billm5291 Nice..! I have a few of the rookies upgraded & a handful of others. Been thinking about building the whole set .!!

[@billm5291]

@@michaelcalland801 what is the complete set worth now?

[@michaelcalland801]

@@billm5291 I'm not really sure but with the Jagr & the rest of the rookies in psa 10 ill bet its not cheap. I like it because its not an overwhelming set to put together & there really aren't any boring commons in it .. I remember watching the Jagr card shoot up in value late last year & it seemed like every other card in the set did too ... I even saw the Domi sell for around $80 ...!!!!

[@ParkerDunlop]

My grandma bought me the whole set in 2011 when I was a kid for like 15-20$, still have the whole set to this day and they’re all in good condition

[@joepereira1205]

I used to work for a distributor/ wholesaler and sold cases upon cases of all those cards from that era and used to buy boxes upon boxes for myself. I must have a good 50 of all these all in sleeves and never touched since back then let alone the rest of those sets and unopened boxes.

[@thehighlanders607]

Big hockey fan here, so thanks for making this video. Nice Swingers reference!

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Didnt know if anyone would catch the reference :)

[@thehighlanders607]

Ha, you have no idea how many times that line has been used in my house and I don't even like JR.

[@blueodum]

Cujo is in the OPC Premier set. I suppose you consider the 1991-92 Upper Deck Czech set an oddball/parallel, but the Kariya card is worth a mention. Jagr is still active in the Czech league and has expressed interest in returning to the NHL.

[@yycvintagecards]

Awesome.. you just summarized my teenage years perfectly. These cards were the focus of my life for the early 90's. I've got them all, but I doubt any would be in PSA 10 condition.

[@taylorlutherful]

My dad recently left me a large collection of hockey cards from 89 -93 and I remember seeing some of these cards in there. They’re probably not in 10 condition but it’s nice to know what some are currently worth!

[@marcusaurelius8439]

Nice list. Brings back a lot of memories. I used to have most of these cards. Yikes. I remember the Lindros craze as if it were yesterday. Cheers, Marcus

[@koddoslol8535]

Nice

[@babayega7968]

Man this is my childhood. John leclair and Eric lindros or and recchi dude played forever. I'd like to add for a brutal sport alot of these players had some longevity

[@kevstreet]

Chris, if I didn’t already respect you and your channel, quoting the best movie of all time “Swingers” put you over the top! Well-played, sir!

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Ha! Didnt know if people would catch that reference :)

[@mattknupp59]

Big fan of the cards I collected as a youth maintaining some value. Some solid players in that 1990 class. Yeesh.

[@FASTER-K9]

Wow! I have just about all of these Upper Deck rookie cards (English Versions) and more! And they are all in perfect condition as they were put in sleeves as soon as I got them.I was all in when Upper Deck came onto the scene. I also have the Eric Lindros , Canadian version of the Score rookie card. I remember buying it from a card store in plastic sleeve that still has price tag of $12.75 on it!😁

[@karmaleglass2168]

I have pretty much all these cards. Only thing is I dont have them graded, thats my next investment. Thanks for this inlfo my friend. Wish my mom was here to see this.

[@cardmanjohn4916]

Thanks Chris, I always love playing “I have that card!” When you do these great videos, thanks!!

[@proapocalypse1448]

I unfortunately didn't pick up any OPC Premier back then because already the packs and cards were selling for a lot. I think packs were going for 10 dollars each.

[@BlackAndThrash]

Just started collecting hockey cards last year, really glad to see some hockey focused videos

[@colinmacdowell1629]

Nice seeing you do some hockey!

[@Rorschachqp]

I’m going out for the day for a medical appointment but I can explain why the 90-91 rookie card class is so insane, best class all time not only in hockey cards but all trading cards possibly. I’ll do so later tonight. Quick note, players 21-25 would be even more interesting to list since they won’t be as obvious and thus more revealing, guys like Tkachuk and Brind’Amour. Also, there should be an honorable mention on 91-92 Pro Set Platinum S2, Fred Rogers rookie. Awesome vid, we love you for your hockey takes.

[@DEMOLITIONZ27]

I bought a few collections this past year and went through all the baseball and basketball and set aside the hockey because I wasn't that knowledgeable, but this list helps a lot. Can't wait to go through them and find the hidden treasures

[@waltercopus1485]

Same thing for me. I found of couple of these in my stach.

[@michaelcumming6284]

Thank you for this! I double checked and I have the Brodeur, Mogilny, Reechi, Zubov, and Hasek rookie cards. Bought the Brodeur one for $3 25 years ago.

[@pedrocirino5695]

as a huge hockey fan, thank you so much for the video! i was already familiar with the cards i have most of them stored away somewhere but wow what a trip! my fav is my lindros rc bgs autentic auto. keep up the great work Chris!

[@ModifiedNorth]

I found a few of these cards! Glad to see someone make a vid about this!

[@craigforsberg9844]

Really appreciate you covering hockey - very underrated and I hope you scored a Kirill Kaprizov card from Upper Deck Series 2

[@tenclubcards]

There was a lot of key rookie cards from 1990 because the NHL saw a huge migration of players from Europe and Russia during this time. Another factor for a few of these cards is in typical Topps fashion for hockey, they often wouldn't feature a player in the set for their rookie season but would wait a season or two. For example Mike Madano, Jeremy Roenick and Ed Belfour (to name a few) all have their rookie cards in 1990 sets but were all in the NHL for a least 1 or 2 seasons or more prior. Topps didn't take many risks and since the Topps and O-Pee-Chee brands had the full hockey card market share up until 1989, I guess they could do whatever they wanted to lol I recently finished up research for a Top 10 NHL rookie cards of the 1990s and even covering the entire decade, 5 out of the 10 cards were from 1990 as well. Great video as always Chris! Really enjoying the hockey content, keep it up!

[@craigwolverton9597]

Curtis Joseph "Cujo" is in the OPC Premier Set, I have a bunch of them

[@BigEd_R]

The most obvious of nicknames

[@lordstanleyjr2015]

Card #51

[@newmoneyest6547]

Same here wasnt sure where he got that from

[@craigwolverton9597]

@@newmoneyest6547 I think it may have Chris Berman from ESPN

[@Rorschachqp]

Thanks again for the hockey vid, the hockey faithful are as always grateful. As to why the 90-91 rookie card class is so good... 1) First year other companies made cards; before, Topps would wait sometimes years to give a player a card. Other than rare cases like Lemieux, Topps always waited for a player to play more than a full season. 2) Multiple generations of player classes, 90% UD, 10% Score going deep on prospects. Plus an exceptional rookie class in 89-90 (Modano, Roenick, etc.), and insane draft in 1990. You can see the generations by looking at the 1OAs as RCs in 90-91: Modano 1988, Sundin 1989, Nolan 1990, Lindros 1991 in the future. That’s four+ draft classes including one generational class 90, one generational player 91 Lindros. So we had the standard Topps rookie class, plus last year’s picks playing like Sundin, then last year’s absurd first round (Jagr 5th overall, Brodeur too plus another like 12 guys who made at least one All Star team), plus Upper Deck’s WJC Team Canada so you get Lindros in Score and Niedermayer in UD WJC TC for players not even drafted yet. Oh and I forgot to mention the iron curtain coming down so not only satellite countries like Czechs and Jagr, but two full generations of the best of Central Red Army’s greatest starting squads

[@Rorschachqp]

USSR squads, old guard - Makarov, Larionov, Krutov, Fetisov and Kasatonov...With that ridiculous rookie class, it was Makarov who won the Calder in 89-90. The new guard was where the hobby excitement was in Fedorov, Bure and Mogilny plus some outliers like Arturs Irbe. So those three things...iron curtain coming down, new companies coming in and pushing the limit, and finally some absurd rookie classes and draft 1990, 1991. The sick thing is the 91-92 class was very good too but by 92-93, UD had depleted the stock. One side note, another contributing factor is the new influx of hockey card collectors, many coming from baseball in 1991, liked collecting goalies. So before, there was only one goalie who was playing and being collected: Patrick Roy (goalies were considered too crazy or erratic to be collected). After the 1991 class, you had Belfour, Brodeur, Richter, Kolzig, Joseph, Hasek, Potvin, and many others not noted since they were flashes in the pan.

[@buschleaguers75]

the 1990 hockey class is arguably the best class in all of sports history...it is loaded with hof rookies that year...i love that 1990 score set..that set is so underrated. not to mention the red/white and blue colors of the set.

[@17Helton]

Someday that Score set will take off I think. The totality of RC player selection is great. The difficult borders with those colors you mentioned are great. The problem with that set is the print run was too high to meet the hockey demand. However as the years go by and the demand rises the supply will dry up. That's how the '86 Fleer BK changed. In 1990 we saw '86 Fleer BK hand collated sets on shop shelves for $15 ea all over the place! I'm not saying the Score will be $100k a box. No way. But there will be a increase once the chase is on for True Gem 10's.

[@sewaseem]

I'm so fortunate. I sent a pair of Jagr OPC rcs to PSA two days before they doubled their prices. Then two months later just mailed away rcs for Lidtrom before PSA shut the gates. Maybe I'll see them next year LoL

[@Hartwell10]

All of your videos are a great watch, but I especially love your hockey card videos! Keep up the great work! This is easily the most informative KZbin channel regarding the hobby.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Appreciate that!

[@btsportscards4485]

Great to see some spotlight on hockey thanks Chris.

[@Mikah234]

Thanks for doing this video. Helped me to pick up a couple of cards I should have in my PC.

[@johnmoschella]

Jaromir Jagr is still playing professionally in Europe.

[@tenclubcards]

I've been holding on to some extra copies of his graded rookie cards for his retirement announcement that should be coming any decade now! :)

[@_FJB_]

The man likes hockey!

[@byafos]

Jagr is insane I am 35 and he was one of my favorite player when I was just a kid! There was a NHL team saying they could use him for a year! Hes like the new Gordie Howe haha mans a beast

[@LetsOpenSomePacks]

Pretty sure I (and most collectors of that time) have 1 or more rookies of all of these players lol. Thank you for sharing!

[@alansarpy]

Awesome video ... I can see why I loved hockey so much back during this time !

[@On_Point_Collecting_IG]

It's funny that you just made this video because just yesterday I went HAM buying Sergei Fedorov rookies.

[@On_Point_Collecting_IG]

@@nonenone7250 are you on instagram?

[@LambeauLeeeper]

I don’t collect hockey but still interested to have knowledge in case i run into a collection. Thank you.

[@JohnDoe-bl8dx]

Nobody collects hockey cards,only canadian collect them,haha

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

@@JohnDoe-bl8dx why r u here u only belittle the sport cause u know where the best at it

[@TheUniverseAroundUsNews]

This is awesome.... I own 2 Jagr O-Pee-Chee rookie cards, a Fedorov, 2 Pavel Bure and Matt Sundin Upper Deck rookie cards. Watching this has made me pull out my collection. Thx! 😊👍

[@stephenm8725]

great video. i love ice hockey card collecting. can't wait for the 1995-1999 one!

[@redwing1214]

I own every Nick Lidstrom rookie card. I’ve been a collector of sports memorabilia and cards for 30+ years. I’m a die hard Detroit Red Wings fan. If you look at his rookie card from Sweden, they spelled his name wrong which adds value. It’s a upper deck card. They spelled his name wrong on a few of his rookie cards. I’m a season ticket holder for the Red Wings. I’ve meet quite a few Red Wings throughout the years. Nick gave me his stick and signed it. He also signed the rookie cards and jersey. As of right now I don’t have any plans to sell any memorabilia. One of my prizes possessions is a 2001-2002 jersey signed by every player on that hall of fame Cup winning team.

[@sammyweed4771]

Real nice. Die hard wings fan also. I have those rookies also. I have a bunch of Yzerman, Federov , Probert… lots of bubble heads and couple sticks. Gretzky, coffee, Yzerman

[@robdemare8250]

The Score Future Superstar Eric Lindros Canadian version sold for $30 CDN back in 1990...my father bought three of them at that price. IMO Lindros carried a lot of hype, but definitely lived up to it. He definitely deserves his HOF induction.

[@matthewsantacroce4241]

This was the time period I was into hockey.. then the Whalers left 😞

[@garygagnon4637]

I'm also from CT and I feel your pain

[@jeffmooney3991]

Belfour best rookie is his upper deck i am glad you did this list this era hockey cards needs to be recognized so many great players. I am pretty much hockey only collector, and boxing cards

[@roberthuot7887]

Caught my interest here for I have all of these, but mostly American version. I was big on these when upper deck came out. Thanks 4 sharing this video bro.👍. Happy Easter to you and yours.

[@NyCardConnect]

The 90 class is considered one of the best ever. Great video!

[@missyoubeth]

Joseph is in the OPC Premier 1990 set #51 right after #50 Jagr and is the most expensive of his rookie cards

[@bbfromaz4872]

Starting off with the Swingers reference. Love it.

[@tobelimitless]

Thank you for uploading this. Got me inspired. Appreciate you

[@stevedonnelly1044]

Thanks for the video, really enjoyed the 80s hockey one too. Hopefully you can do a 95 to 99 version too

[@willg.2045]

Great video, Chris! I was surprised that Curtis Joseph's best RC was the Topps version and not OPC Premier. It must be due to the pop report: 13 Gem Mint 10's of the Topps, (with only 32 copies graded by PSA), and 417 Gem Mint 10's of the OPC Premier (out of 1376 copies graded). When grading gets back to normal, it may be worthwhile to buy some raw Topps CuJo's and get them graded.

[@davidshere2438]

I have a lot of hockey cards still at my parents place in boxes. I am sure I have some of those cards. I use to collect cards back in the 80s and 90s. I needed a video like this to check to see how much my collection is worth. I don't even know what PSA even is at this point. Subbed and will keep learning from your channel. Thanks for the information .

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Happy to hear that and welcome to the channel!

[@brixico1404]

Another great video, well done!

[@heliossantana3910]

Wow a couple of months ago i bought a couple of big boxes of early 90s hockey at a garage sale. Didnt really know the value of any of it but i literally have a multitude of each card you just shown all in mint condition. Also a treasure trove of wayne gretzky. Video was very helpful. Thanks!

[@vintagesportscardfinds964]

The reason that there were so many rookies in the 1990 season is because in 1989 the Iron Curtain fell and it allowed many of the players from the Soviet Union Czechoslovakia etc etc etc and other Bloc Nations to finally come and play in the NHL instead of just for the national team.

[@jdoe1988]

It's also interesting to note that 1989-90 was the last season that we saw just the Topps and OPC sets. The addition of the OPC Premier, Pro Set, Upper Deck, and Score sets the following year couldn't have been more timely.

[@ospreyfishing6225]

Good shout Paul. I bought the Topps set back in the day for that precise reason.

[@Mcdavidsburner]

Love the hockey content! Also the Iginla card has a die-cut variation to it as well!

[@jackiechapman8189]

Gr8 video and content Chris.. Thank you for doing this for the hockey card enthusiasts.. I am not but I can appreciate other sports cards and I remember getting the Lindros back in the day and that card was 🔥 everyone and their brother wanted it..😂 Well done mane.. Stay safe homie..👍💕🔥⚾😷

[@mycollectinganthology]

Hi Chris, sorry I haven't checked in lately. I have always loved collecting hockey 🏒 from the very beginning of my collecting. I own pretty much every one mentioned, English and French copies. Finally my Nordiques made it on your show. Talk to you soon my friend.

[@raidersacdc4892]

I have that Brodeur card. It’s going to be a family airlume. Am a huge Devils fan. Surprised not to see Scott Neidermayer on this list

[@CanuckCrypto81]

“Heirloom”

[@raidersacdc4892]

@@CanuckCrypto81 Thanks for the spelling lesson ... Theres always one somewhere

[@ryanfitzgerald2816]

Nice video, that's the only era I ever collected Hockey cards. Some years are just really solid for rookies, 1990 must be that year for Hockey. Ungraded copies of those cards can be had for cheap since so many were produced, I picked up a lot of them a year or two ago and was fun to have copies of cards I never had as a kid.

[@oharris147]

Great to see some hockey and shine the light in some of the sports great players

[@opwave79]

Oh wow. I got into hockey in the mid 80s and collected cards from 89-03. I remember pulling Forsberg, Pronger, Kariya, Iginla, and Hasek rookie cards from packs. I bought Brodeur and Lindros, though I forgot how much I paid for those. I know it was less than $30 each back then and felt inflated but I didn’t care. Nice to see them still with good value.

[@blairrice]

I watched this video and broke out my old cards from that era. I have a Selanne Upper Decl rookie card where there’s three of him in the stages of shooting. I also have some of these from the list. Never ever knew any of their values before. Cool video.

[@montrealsports29]

The Selanne card you're talking about is from 1993-94. His rookie card is from 1991-92.

[@henrys3629]

Thanks for the info. I tried building a 89-90? Topps set from packs. Collation was not my friend. Wish I looked out for and kept these.

[@blenz25]

Love your hockey videos. They don’t get as much love from good content creators like yourself

[@tdsportscards429]

Great video. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. Thank you for sharing

[@mikeevans1966]

This was right up my alley. I was heavily into hockey cards in 90-92. Thank you for this. Can you do one with same years for NBA, NFL, or MLB?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Appreciate that. I have actually already done 90s videos of the other three sports.

[@kenrogers1948]

I'm a hockey guy(still playing, badly) and I'm impressed! Try early thru mid 70s hockey next?.. only two brands and the designs are fun... or perhaps a deep dive into early hockey cards... that would be an education for me...

[@collectorinvestordealer]

That would be an interesting for me as well... would need to research it quite a bit as outside my area of expertise.

[@montrealsports29]

@@collectorinvestordealer Here's a list of top rookie cards from the 1970s to help you out (in card number order, not dollar amount): 1970-71- Brad Park, Gilbert Perreault, Guy Lapointe, Bobby Clarke, Darryl Sittler; 1971-72 - Ken Dryden, Marcel Dionne, Guy Lafleur; 1972-73 - Don Lever (not a star player, but his cards sell for a lot for some reason); 1973-74 - Billy Smith, Larry Robinson; 1974-75 - Don Cherry (coach), Lanny McDonald, Borje Salming, Denis Potvin, Scotty Bowman (coach), Steve Shutt, Bob Gainey; 1975-76 - Clark Gillies; 1976-77 - Bryan Trottier, Dave "Tiger" Williams (a popular goon, not a great player); 1977-78 - Mike Palmateer; 1978-79 - Mike Bossy, Bernie Federko, Doug Wilson, Brian Sutter, Dave Taylor; 1979-80 - I don't think you need any help with that one. It's possible that some lesser rookies from the early '70s have sold for a lot in PSA 10s. I was just giving you the big names, plus a few that I know are popular despite not being superstars.

[@chuckplayford3994]

Hey Chris, Great post keep the hockey videos coming! I've got most of these cards multiple times. Can you do one from the l 60's and 70's. Lots of great Bobby Orr cards from those years that the non-hockey collectors might benefit from. Cheers, stay safe.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Yeah I think I will continue sprinkling in the hockey, and go back with some vintage at some point as a lot of people seem to enjoy them.

[@markthompson7503]

man 1990 was such a hot year....I missed the hobby by a year or so

[@thetruth1024]

That Lindros was the card to get when I was a kid. Still have two. US and Canadian.

[@scottmurrell7367]

Nice vid! Love the nod to Swingers!

[@CHEECHisB4CK]

Loving this series, keep up the good work m8.

[@lloyddelegarde7590]

I have all these cards raw tons of them. Should I pull out the best and have them graded when the backlog clears up???this was really good hopefully you do more hockey.

[@mouffi01]

Wow I did'nt know these were getting value as much! I still have almost all these cards, even in double or triple, and the rest of the sets that goes with them. But mostly are in the french version. I really got to send some for PSA grading! 😃 I've see that there is a few grading company out there, which one would you recommend if you don't mind me asking?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I would normall recommend PSA, but they are actually not taking submissions at the moment. I did a "state of the grading companies" video a few weeks ago which talks about the 6 major companies.

[@masonsteiner7467]

@@collectorinvestordealer is the niklas lindstrom one actually worth that much, everywhere else sais otherwise

[@1969LordOwen]

good vid. just when i thought i had my cards all sorted, now i have to go back & make sure i didnt pull any of these out by accident. lol

[@mayson212]

That was a great video 👌 thank you for this hockey content. I was actually lucky enough to keep my jagr and have it still in good shape. The premier rookie also.

[@ericdergalstanian8246]

That 90-91 OPC Premier set is ingrained in my soul. So many good cards in that set. Eddie Belfour had a card in that set too, surprised it isn’t his most valuable one.

[@montrealsports29]

It's not his most valuable one because he's not in that set.

[@ericdergalstanian8246]

Montreal Sports I stand corrected! Great vid.

[@rodakjones7574]

I'm not much for hockey, but I love the variety of your videos. We need a non-sports Top 20 now (Star Wars, Marvel, Wrestling, music, etc...). The only thing I fear about a list like that is that they will all be Pokemon, which don't interest me, so might have to do separate non-sports one so it's not all Pokemon. Keep up the good work. Best card channel on KZbin, and it isn't close. Thanks man.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Appreciate it

[@patrickwater33]

Love the topic. So many overlook hockey cards in the hobby. Bravo. Cringed a few times when you kept saying ‘defensivemen’ but you get an A for effort. Also, Jagr is still playing these days in Europe and scoring goals check him out on KZbin. Part of me still thinks he wants another shot at the NHL

[@chochogongo]

I was thinking the same thing about "defensiveman". I wasn't sure if it was an inside joke or something.

[@ksteege120]

Great list! One itty bitty suggestion/request when you do these lists - when the highest value card is the French or Canadian version, it'd be great to also mention the American version price as a comparison. I have the US version of most of the French Upper Deck or 90 Canadian Score cards from your list, and now I'm curious what the price difference is...

[@thehighlanders607]

Let me know if anyone can name a better rookie crop than the 1990-91 Upper Deck High Series? For me, this has to be the greatest NHL rookie card set of all time! It includes 11 Hall of Famers with possibly two more to add to that list in the near future. The eleven Hall of Famers are, Jamomir Jagr, Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure, Sergei Fedorov, Scott Niedermayer, Mike Modano, Rob Blake, Ed Belfour, Mark Recchi, Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov. The other two players that should be getting in at some point are Jeremy Roenick and Alexander Mogilny, for a total of at least 13 Hall of Famers! The rest of the following rookies were very high quality NHL players that came in the set. A couple of them could still make the Hall of Fame. They are, Mike Richter, Peter Bondra, Owen Nolan, Petr Nedved, Keith Primeau, Rod Brind'amour, Curtis Joseph, Mathiew Schneider, Kevin Stevens, Adam Graves, Mike Ricci, Trevor Kidd, Darren Turcotte, Jyrki Lumme, Bobby Holik, Robert Reichel, Felix Potvin and Pat Falloon.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Wow!

[@tdotjones5380]

Avid hockey collector here. Objection! I think the Fedorov red army card from the OPC set deserves some reppin. I consider that his rookie card even more so than OPC premier

[@montrealsports29]

The Fedorov Red Army card from the regular OPC set is an insert card, so, technically, it's not considered a rookie card.

[@JUVI9596]

I recall there was a Lindros card where he was doing batting practice with the Toronto Blue Jays

[@tkvids1377]

1990 is just awesome, I literally just bought 6 wax box and 2 factory sets!

[@danieldupont3060]

I mean with price increase for SCG and psa and Beckett most of those card wont be profitable to grad them, in general hockey collector did not graded their cards, but now SCG charge 75 USD minimum price for a card , true there is barely a few PSA 10 of Federov or Jagr, if you get a 10 you make money if you get a 9 you loose some, big risk now, it use to be 10 $, 2 month ago

[@kategranville2745]

I know this video is a year old, but hoping for a reply. How would I go about getting the best price for a card? I have at least one of these, if not more. Gotta look.

[@andrewhums8653]

Just bought 50+ sealed boxes of 90-94 hockey for under $400. Wax hockey is about to hit big in the market.

[@17Helton]

Chris--Here is my theory on the 1990 RC being so loaded. I compare it slightly to the NBA situation with Topps producing cards into 1981-82 and then taking a break until a decade later. The NBA almost folded but we're saved by Bird/Magic coming along and soon after Mr. Jordan made it HUGE. The gap between the Topps production and Fleer coming along in 1986 caused a spike in Rookies. In the NHL most of the decade of the '80's were only Topps and OPC. Their player selection was quite small which was mostly star and veteran players. A guy could play 4-5 years before he got a RC. The OPC cards were larger sets with a focus being on Canadian players. Then UD, Score, Pro-Set, ..etc.made 400+ cards in their sets so a lot of the players you will see there had 2-3 year stat lines in order to warrant their RC finally in 1990. Great videos sir keep em coming and Happy Easter to you and your family.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Fantastic point... that definitely is a major part of it.

[@adamk5305]

Yes! I recently bought the whole 1990-91 UD set and got most of those rookies in it. $30. Little known fact: Eric Lindros has a rookie card in there even though he wasn't supposed to. He's pictured with two other players on a Canadian team card.

[@17Helton]

Canada's Captain's with Scott Niedermayer and I think Steven Rice was the other player?

[@adamk5305]

@@17Helton I just checked card #473 it's Kris Draper, Steven Rice and Lindros

[@danieldupont3060]

yes I think its the SP 1 which is a subset not a rookie card but A rookie year card nice card though. if I right

[@adamk5305]

@@danieldupont3060 yes, exactly. Not a rookie card, but a rookie year card.

[@danieldupont3060]

and everyone was looking for that card in the upper deck set

[@thewaxpackdad]

I pulled a sweat Brodeur RC and getting it graded. Thanks for sharing as I'm going to open 1990 UD cards for my Chanel. Hockey is not my sweet spot but I like to rip anything lol

[@mr.btheband]

Great vid! Funny, when I look back, I have a lot of these cards except the premier likely bc it was the most expensive.

[@groundzero270]

Some of my favorite cards!

[@IcebergCaptain]

1990 Upper Deck hockey was so awesome.....at the time.....

[@tkvids1377]

Still is

[@danieldupont3060]

yes what a great set To bad they made million of it, making them almost worth less

[@tkvids1377]

@@danieldupont3060 not true, pop reports are pretty low for graded

[@montrealsports29]

@@danieldupont3060 If it's a great set, it shouldn't matter if they made a lot of them. Just enjoy the cards because they're nice cards.

[@Redneckboy991]

I probably have thousands of hockey cards from the 60's and 70's. I have all the greats including Gordie Howe's retirement card and just about every Bobby Orr card. It's just too bad as a kid in the 70's I would play them at school.