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| Craig Billington 1995-96 Upper Deck #112 |
Looks like Craig Billington's eyes are bugging out of his head!
"All the better to see the puck with!"
An extra copy of this card is definitely going to my random pages of funny cards.
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| Craig Billington 1994-95 Flair #119 |
Here's a look Billington's mask transition to Ottawa from New Jersey...
In the right photo, Billington is still wearing his old New Jersey Devils mask.
The shape of a Roman visor seems to have been inspired by the Devil horns.
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| Tom Barasso 1994-95 Flair #133 |
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| Sergei Federov 1994-95 Flair #246 (MVP Series) |
From the back of the card:
"We were going to take Pavel Bure or Sergei Federov" stated Ken Holland, Detroit's Assistant General Manager and Scouting Director...
Young hockey prospects from the former Soviet Union were harder to sign, seal and deliver than any North American free agent. The story of his "Coming to America" is a tale right out of a James Bond novel."
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| Eric Weinrich 1993-94 Leaf #271 |
Researching the trades between the Chicago Blackhawks and Hartford Whalers in 1994 caused me to take a look at a Hawks-Whalers trade from the previous season (1992-1993).
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| Steve Larmer 1993-94 Topps/OPC Premier #240 |
From nhltradetracker.com:
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| Eric Weinrich 1995-96 Upper Deck #45 |
Partial trade history for Eric Weinrich, with a good handful of familiar '90s characters involved in the deals.
Explains how the Whalers got goaltender Sean Burke, and how they obtained Steve Larmer and Bryan Marchment.
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| Steve Larmer 1994-95 Flair #113 |
This deal also has a case of a player who got traded, without playing a single game for the Whalers before being traded again.
Steve Larmer was immediately dealt to the New York Rangers, where coach Mike Keenan was collecting pieces of the eventual 1994 champion Rangers. (Steve Larmer had been a member of the Chicago Blackhawks coached by Mike Keenan)
