The NHLPA has a rule that no player can be featured on a licensed trading card until they have a played in an official NHL® game, which leaves Upper Deck just shy of five weeks to get the company’s most popular rookie cards, known as the “Young Guns,” created. It’s a great rule, but it only allows one weekend to acquire photos and then ultimately turn them around that week to production to get them created in time for the release of 2017-18 NHL® Upper Deck Series One which releases on November 9, 2017.
On that day there will be more than a few collectors calling in sick to work so they can head to their local card shop and break not only boxes of the product, but cases in an annual quest to put the set together and chase the new crop of Young Guns!
Upper Deck typically has made a point of separating some of the rookie cards between Series One and Series Two and that will be the case this year. Some of the bigger players to be held over to have their official Young Guns rookie cards in Series Two are Nolan Patrick and Clayton Keller in particular. They will however have Canvas Young Guns available in Series One which are a bit more rare than the Young Guns rookie cards and are printed on a canvas-like paper stock.
Take a look at the new crop of 2017-18 NHL® Upper Deck Series One Young Guns cards:
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201 |
Nico Hischier |
Devils |
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202 |
Kailer Yamamoto |
Oilers |
|
203 |
Anders Bjork |
Bruins |
|
204 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
Blue Jackets |
|
205 |
Josh Ho-Sang |
Islanders |
|
206 |
Jon Gillies |
Flames |
|
207 |
Lucas Wallmark |
Hurricanes |
|
208 |
Denis Gurianov |
Stars |
|
209 |
Alex Kerfoot |
Avalanche |
|
210 |
Adrian Kempe |
Kings |
|
211 |
John Hayden |
Blackhawks |
|
212 |
Jake DeBrusk |
Bruins |
|
213 |
Janne Kuokkanen |
Hurricanes |
|
214 |
Travis Sanheim |
Flyers |
|
215 |
Gabriel Carlsson |
Blue Jackets |
|
216 |
Calle Rosen |
Maple Leafs |
|
217 |
Logan Brown |
Senators |
|
218 |
Rasmus Andersson |
Flames |
|
219 |
Alex Formenton |
Senators |
|
220 |
Ian McCoshen |
Panthers |
|
221 |
Alex DeBrincat |
Blackhawks |
|
222 |
Alexander Nylander |
Sabres |
|
223 |
Nathan Walker |
Capitals |
|
224 |
Evgeny Svechnikov |
Red Wings |
|
225 |
C.J. Smith |
Sabres |
|
226 |
Samuel Morin |
Flyers |
|
227 |
Filip Chytil |
Rangers |
|
228 |
Tage Thompson |
Blues |
|
229 |
Andreas Borgman |
Maple Leafs |
|
230 |
Ivan Barbashev |
Blues |
|
231 |
Jonny Brodzinski |
Kings |
|
232 |
Robert Hagg |
Flyers |
|
233 |
Riley Barber |
Capitals |
|
234 |
Christian Fischer |
Coyotes |
|
235 |
Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson |
Bruins |
|
236 |
Haydn Fleury |
Hurricanes |
|
237 |
Marcus Sorensen |
Sharks |
|
238 |
Vladislav Kamenev |
Predators |
|
239 |
Jake Dotchin |
Lightning |
|
240 |
Jack Roslovic |
Jets |
|
241 |
Nicolas Kerdiles |
Ducks |
|
242 |
Charlie McAvoy |
Bruins |
|
243 |
Carter Rowney |
Penguins |
|
244 |
Vince Dunn |
Blues |
|
245 |
Victor Mete |
Canadiens |
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246 |
Tyson Jost |
Avalanche |
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247 |
Brock Boeser |
Canucks |
|
248 |
Will Butcher |
Devils |
|
249 |
Alex Tuch |
Golden Knights |
|
250 |
Hischier/Boeser |
Devils/Canucks |
And here are the 2017-18 NHL® Upper Deck Series One Young Guns Canvas cards:
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C91 |
Nolan Patrick |
Flyers |
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C92 |
Logan Brown |
Senators |
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C93 |
Tyson Jost |
Avalanche |
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C94 |
Adrian Kempe |
Kings |
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C95 |
Filip Chytil |
Rangers |
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C96 |
Evgeny Svechnikov |
Red Wings |
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C97 |
Haydn Fleury |
Hurricanes |
|
C98 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
Blue Jackets |
|
C99 |
Denis Gurianov |
Stars |
|
C100 |
Tage Thompson |
Blues |
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C101 |
Jon Gillies |
Flames |
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C102 |
Kailer Yamamoto |
Oilers |
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C103 |
Christian Fischer |
Coyotes |
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C104 |
Calle Rosen |
Maple Leafs |
|
C105 |
Charlie McAvoy |
Bruins |
|
C106 |
Ivan Barbashev |
Blues |
|
C107 |
Nikita Scherbak |
Canadiens |
|
C108 |
Jack Roslovic |
Jets |
|
C109 |
Will Butcher |
Devils |
|
C110 |
Clayton Keller |
Coyotes |
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C111 |
Alexander Nylander |
Sabres |
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C112 |
Jake DeBrusk |
Bruins |
|
C113 |
Janne Kuokkanen |
Hurricanes |
|
C114 |
Alex DeBrincat |
Blackhawks |
|
C115 |
Victor Mete |
Canadiens |
|
C116 |
Alex Tuch |
Golden Knights |
|
C117 |
Travis Sanheim |
Flyers |
|
C118 |
Colin White (2017) |
Senators |
|
C119 |
J.T. Compher |
Avalanche |
|
C120 |
McAvoy/Keller |
Bruins/Coyotes |
