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8 Issue #154 November 2025
The Hockey Card Report
By Bennett Harty
ctober is always an exciting
Omonth in the world of hockey
card collectors, as the Upper
Deck 2025-2026 series 1 becomes
available and the hunt for the most
sought-after Young Guns is ON!
This year Montreal Canadiens
rookie Ivan Demidov leads the way
with his Young Guns at a PSA 10
just being sold for $1398 Canadian
dollars! I am not sure how it was
graded so fast or who forked out that
kind of coin, but someone wanted it
badly! This, along with how exciting
the Habs are to watch as of late, has
inspired a trio of featured Montreal
Young Guns in this month’s HCR.
Coming out of COVID. I was in
the game and hunting hard to rip an
Alexis Lafreniere Young Guns, and
although I eventually got a Canvas
YG, I remember that card fetching
over $300 raw out of the gate in
October 2020. By the end of that
season that number had dropped
significantly and now, a Laffy Young
Guns PSA 10 (series 1, 20-21) can
be purchased easily for $150 or less.
Obviously Laffy’s performance, or
lack thereof, has dictated the market
for his card. Laffy has 93 tucks in
393 games while Cole Caufield
has put up 128 in only 288 games.
Caufield’s Young Guns, another
featured card this month, graded
PSA 10 (series 1, 21-22) is fetching
around $350, and is likely on the
rise along with Cole’s goal output.
As far as what’s happening on the
ice so far, we can’t talk about Les
Canadiens without mentioning Lane
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Hutson, our third featured card for to the Jays players and lets hope to muffle talk of Sid chasing one
November. Fresh off his rookie of management can keep that talented more Cup somewhere else. Lastly,
the year campaign, with a new eight group together and provide all of it is the time to observe the Act of
year, 71 million dollar deal in hand, Canada with another phenomenal
Hutson is off to a hot start with 11 fall of playoff baseball! Next month Remembrance and honour those
points in only 12 games. This puts we’ll check in on Crosby and see if who have made the ultimate sacrifice
him third on the team, and tied for the great start in Pittsburgh continues in service to this great country.
second overall in the NHL, behind
only Kale Makar and hanging with Great Start for the Sea
the games best blueliners. His Series
1, 24-25 Young Guns is currently
being sold for around $400 for a Lions’ Season
PSA 10, with an ungraded version By Christine Ouellet meet to try to qualify for the
fetching upwards of $100. Despite Short-Course Regionals in
the high cost, I feel this could be or the Sea Lions, weekends January.
an example of a “buy it now” card Fare already filled with
given the trajectory of this young Additionally, we participated
star’s career. meetings. November will mark in our first meet of the season
Aside from the three featured the start of the competition at NKB in Nepean this past
Young Guns, there are several other season, where the focus will be weekend (Oct 17-19). This
big pieces in Montreal driving their on the Snowflake Invitational was our first meeting with
success. None more important than on November 7-9th. coach Jason, and the team
Captain and team points leader did extremely well. We had
David Suzuki. His quiet leadership, For the Invitational, they will
combined with the coaching savvy host over 100 swimmers from several swimmers competing
of Martin St. Louis, have this across Eastern Ontario. This for the first time, and several
team poised to make some noise. will be the first competition for experienced swimmers already
Meanwhile, 500 kms to the west, many of our swimmers, and a qualifying for regionals. All
things have been quiet in Leaf great opportunity to introduce our swimmers came home with
Nation, thanks to a mediocre start, them to competitive swimming multiple PBs (personal bests),
and overshadowed by the Blue Jays in a comfortable setting. Our and many earned ribbons. It was
incredible post season run. Hats off older swimmers will use the a fantastic start to the season!