Published 3/8/2008
by michael eisner
at Bleacher Report - NHL
Fleer made this product line popular earlier in the decade, and once Upper Deck acquired Fleer a few years ago, I was hoping that this product would survive.
Thankfully, it did.
Hot Prospects hockey boasts some of the most sought-after autographed rookie cards in the hobby, thanks to the inclusion of multi-colored patches on most every card coupled with a low print-run.
This year, Hot Prospects boxes guarantee at least one serial-numbered autograph patch rookie card, as well as a plethora of parallels and serial-numbered subsets and rookie cards.
In our box, we pulled two autographed patch cards including Carey Price! We also pulled three game-used memorbilia cards including an Alexander Ovechkin game-used jersey, which was one of our best pulls.
Here is what you might find in a sealed hobby box of 2007-08 Fleer Hot Prospects Hockey:
PRODUCT BREAKDOWN
Terrific Rookie Patch cards (combining to deliver an avg. of 1 per box!)
* Autographed Prospect Patches - #’d to 399
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