Yesterday saw a lot of news about the Kontinental Hockey League hitting the wire. The league's...

Yesterday saw a lot of news about the Kontinental Hockey League hitting the wire. The league's draft saw three Leafs get drafted including Jiri Tlusty and Mikhail Stefanovich. Mirtle also noted that the league has a couple of teams in financial trouble including Khimik.

This card (back here) is a teaser for a post I hope to write soon. I was at the Jays game on Saturday and in between watching Alex Rios tease Jays fans with a 4-for-4 day I found a vending machine that sells old packs of cards for $0.50 - $1. I was transported to my youth and grabbed a bunch of packs. This one is from OPC's 91-92 collection.

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Financial trouble? Move ’em to Hamilton!

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by furcifer on Jun 2, 2009 12:40 PM EDT reply actions

The entire KHL moving to Hamilton would be awesome.

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by Chemmy on Jun 2, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

And yes, that rip is because the gum that comes in the pack got stuck to the card. Also, almost 20 year old gum? Not tasty at all.

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by PPP on Jun 2, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

Why didn’t you buy me a pack of old cards with gum in them? :(

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by Chemmy on Jun 2, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ll get some the next time I go see the Jays. You can pick them up the next time you come to Toronto.

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by PPP on Jun 2, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

You could mail them to me. I like old gum.

Nom nom nom.

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by Chemmy on Jun 2, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Seriously, it disintegrated. I’ll mail you some with some other stuff I got at a Leafs game this year.

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by PPP on Jun 2, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

It did that when it was new, too.

Getting injured from flying pieces of OPC gum shrapnel was just part of the dangers we faced on a daily basis…..

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by 1967ers on Jun 15, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I remember I had Sergei Mylnikov and some other guys from that set. Inserting the Russian league that year was awesome.

by Godd Till on Jun 2, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions

Reason #253 it stinks to live where hockey isn't king

I found a vending machine that sells old packs of cards for $0.50 – $1.

I’m near speechless. What a beautiful thing. Are your streets paved in gold, too? Tell me more.

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by Dominik on Jun 2, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions

heh

The best part is that it was a vending machine selling baseball cards in a baseball stadium and it still had hockey cards in it. I probably bought more than I would have because I’d had some wobbly pops but I am definitely hitting it up next time I go.

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by PPP on Jun 2, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m assuming said machine is at the SkyDome – care to share where, precisely?

by FutureMrStronach on Jun 2, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I forget where exactly but it’s down the third base line near the fence (managed to see Hill’s homer just as it cleared the fence) right by an ATM.

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by PPP on Jun 2, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions

What exactly is the implication of being drafted by the KHL – I assume they can’t kidnap Tlusty (for example) and make him play in Russia, so does drafting him mean that the team that picked him has his KHL rights, if and when he chooses to join that league?

by FutureMrStronach on Jun 2, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

While I wouldn’t put kidnapping entirely past the KHL it does essentially mean what you said. If Tlusty gives up on playing in the best league in the world (or the AHL) then that team has his rights.

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by PPP on Jun 2, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions