Before the 2008-09 hockey hounding season down here in Hockey Bay, I predicted that these items would be added to the collection.
Let's see how I did:
No. 10: Montreal's Saku Koivu on the Canadiens' legends jersey - Did not obtain
No. 9: Dallas' Brad Richards on a Stars puck
No. 8: San Jose's Dan Boyle on a Sharks puck
No. 7: A team-signed Boston Bruins jersey
No. 6: New Jersey's Martin Brodeur on a replica jersey
No. 5: Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby on Colin's #87 Penguins jersey - Did not obtain.
No. 4: Columbus' Rick Nash on Blue Jackets and Team Canada pucks
No. 3: Pucks from Chicago's Patrick Kane (Blackhawks, London Knights and Team USA) and Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks, Team Canada and University of North Dakota)
No. 2: Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski and Henrik Zetterberg on Red Wings pucks
No. 1: Chicago's Nikolai Khabibulin (provided he stays), Columbus' Fredrik Modin (provided he stays healthy) and Toronto's Pavel Kubina on our Tampa Bay Lightning 2004 Stanley Cup Champions items. - Not a single item.
Looking back, it wasn't a great season, but it wasn't bad. Though Crosby signed during his visits to Hockey Bay, I missed getting him to sign. Perhaps, too, I overshot on the goals for the Red Wings. And Koivu signed a Canadiens team helmet instead.
The biggest disappointment, though, was not adding to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2004 Stanley Cup Champions items. One would think that the No. 1 item on the 10 Big Sigs campaign would take precedence, but a combination of players not traveling to Hockey Bay (Khabibulin and Modin) and simply forgetting (Kubina) worked against me.
Still, I'm happy to have added what we did. I'm sure, too, that this project will return for the 2009-10 hockey hounding campaign. This time, though, I'll have to keep my eyes on the prize, won't I?
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