THE ULTIMATE SET BUILD #2:

1981-82 O-Pee-Chee








This was a “bring back memories” choice, being one of the first sets of cards I collected as a kid! This Jari Kurri rookie card comes from the 81-82 OPC release, and gives a great example of the base card design present in this set.


Standout in this release is the team-matched border and text colouring on the front, while the backs were consistent across the set with blue-beige colouring. As opposed to the Topps release, this set is bilingual, with the position on the front and layer write-up on the back printed in both English and French.


The set contained 396 cards in total with no subsets. Notable rookies included:

Denis Savard
Darryl Sutter
Jari Kurri
Glenn Anderson
Paul Coffey
Kevin Lowe
Andy Moog
Larry Murphy
Dino Ciccarelli
Keith Acton
Duane Sutter
Peter Stastny
Dale Hunter
Anton Stastny
Dave Babych


The highest booking cards in the set are the Wayne Gretzky base card (#106, as opposed to his #125 Super Action card) and Paul Coffey rookie card, both of which come in at a high end of $80.00.


The set contains 3rd year Gretzky cards and 2nd year Messier & Bourque.


This is a “condition sensitive” set, meaning that something about the way the set was produced (i.e., poor paper stock, colors susceptible to fading/chipping) make it difficult to find these cards in "mint"/”near mint” condition.

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#1, #2, #3, #4, #5


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#2 What If Quebec Traded Lindros To The Rangers Instead Of The Flyers?

#3 What If Calgary Drafted Martin Brodeur Instead Of Trevor Kidd?

#3a What If Calgary Drafted Martin Brodeur Instead Of Trevor Kidd?: A RESPONSE

#4 What If The WHA Never Existed?

#5 What If The Position Of Rover Had Not Been Eliminated?

#6 What If Pittsburgh Had Not Been Awarded A Team In 1967?

#7 What If Steve Smith Had Not Scored In His Own Net In Game 7?

#8 What If The NHL Had a Cross-Conference Playoff Structure?

#9 What If The NHL Asked For Fan Ideas For Improving The Game??

#10 What If Henderson Had Missed The Net In Game 8?

#11 What If You Could Sneak Into A Stanley Cup Celebration?

#12 What If The NHL Returned To Quebec City?

#13 What if Toronto and Edmonton Had Traded Teams in 1981?

#14 What if You Could Create Your Own Hockey Dream Team?

#15 What if An Active Player in the NHL “Came Out” as Gay?

#16 You Could Assemble Your Own Fantasy Pick-up Hockey Team?

#17 Hockey Had A Champions League Tournament?

#18 Team "X" Did NOT Make Trade "Y" At The Deadline?

#19 Gretzky Had Been Called For he High Stick?

#20 Star Players Hadn't Had Their Careers Cut Short?


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