Friday Pack of Cards

Another week, another Friday Pack of Cards! This week's pack has a few inserts, and some names you should certainly recognize.



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1)Jay More - San Jose Sharks (Rookie) - Jayson More (that's how it's really spelled) never fully lived up to his full potential as the 10th overall pick in 1987. However, he did find limited success as a Physical defensman through his career.
2)Yves Racine - Detroit Red Wings - Racine was actually selected one pick after Jay More in 1987. Yves Racine seems to have been a very balanced defensman, who played beyond his years.
3)Garth Butcher - St. Louis Blues - The former longtime Vancouver Canuck was a trade deadline acquisition for St. Louis in 1991. He was the team captain by the next season. His physical play and leadership skills made him an asset to any team.
4)Rick Tocchet - Pittsburgh Penguins - Ironic that Tocchet came up in this weeks' FPoC, as he was just fired as Tampa's coach this week. Tocchet was always a very hard-nosed, grinding type of player. Being a 5th pick, he had to work hard to get to the level of skill he did, probably why he had such success developing some of the younger members of the Lightning.
5)Mike Eagles - Winnipeg Jets - While the picture on the card make him look like a big player, Eagles is really only 5'10", 187 lbs. He had actually just played in his 400th NHL game shortly before this card was released.
6)Paul Broten - New York Rangers - Paul is actually the youngest of the 3 Broten brothers, with his older brothers Neil and Aaron playing with Minnesota and Winnipeg, respectively, at the time this card was made. Paul was never a superstar, but he was good enough to get 28 points and a +14 in what was essentially his first full season.
7)Scott Lachance - New York Islanders(Rookie) - The native of Charlottesville, VA was actually the 4th overall pick in 1991. Lachance was a solid defensive defensman. Though he only managed one All-Star appearance in his NHL career, his skills could rarely be called into question.
8)John Druce - Washington Capitals - Druce was a second round pick in 1985, but he didn't really develop as a force during his career. After playing 80 games with Washington in 1990-91, he never played a full NHL season the rest of his career.
9)Steve Chiasson - Detroit Red Wings - Chiasson was the Red Wings' most reliable and best defensman at this point, which happens to be the beginning of their still-running streak of making the playoffs.
10)Steve Yzerman - Detroit Red Wings (Leader) - Yzerman lead the NHL in shorthanded goals in 1991-92 with 8. Yzerman was very epic in his day, having 0ver 1000 points by the time his career was over, and was only the 4th person in NHL history to break 150 points in a season.
11)Benoît Hogue - New York Islanders - Traded to the Islanders early in the 1991-92 season, Hogue went on to set a career high with the Islanders, scoring 75 points (30+45) in 72 games. Interestingly, he played on both the powerplay and penalty kill in 1991-92.
12)Evgeny Davydov - Winnipeg Jets(Rookie) - Davydov was another of the early Soviets to play in the NHL, though he was not selected until the 12th round. In 12 games with Winnipeg in 1991-92, he managed 7 points. Unfortunatley, he only played in 4 seasons after this and with three teams (Winnipeg, Florida, Ottawa) in these four seasons.

Sorry there was no switch up this week. Hopefully you enjoyed learning some more about players who did and didn't quite make it. Be sure to make your way back next week for more cards!