General Forum

So I will be participating in my first live hockey break tomorrow night.  Everyone has cautioned me of their addictiveness. I've never done it so i picked a break of Adam Boqvist, a young Hawk Defenseman I really like.  I've been Pc'ing his cards.  The guy at my LCS is coaching me on the do's and don'ts of this phenomenon.  Based on my other post of hoarding Teemu and Forsberg RC's I fear for my sanity as well as our 401k.  LOL. I'll let you know how I do. 

If you have addictive tendencies, it may be a bad idea.  Especially if they are high priced breaks.

Good luck with the break!   Hope you pull some good ones.  I haven't done any Hockey breaks yet but do get into the occasional Brewers break.  I like Boqvist with the Hawks as well.  The Blackhawks have some pretty decent defensemen coming up with Boqvist, Gilbert and I could see Lucas Carlsson working out as well in the future. 

Ian Mitchell is the one to watch. They just signed him away from another team.

I live in the town where Adam is from, know his manager very well.

Good kid, his brother Jesper too. Good player to build a PC around, might not become the biggest star, but has potential to be a fan favorite!

That's what I'm thinking. I did pretty well so far with my first Hawk D-man PC.  HOFer Doug Wilson. Go Hawks

After you've been skunked in a couple breaks the excitement of breaks dies down pretty quickly.  I hope the best for you but I think your retirement account will be safe. 

I have never participated in any breaks but have always wanted to. I'll be interested to hear your experience.

So my first break is done and here's my thoughts.  I paid $26 for the Boqvist spot and got 2 hits.  Unfortunately one I already had.  The pluses were these.  2 of TCDB's titans were in the break with me so chatting with them during the 2 hours was cool. Chuck & Darrell.  The suspense and seeing the really awesome cards was also fun.  They pulled a Mathews 1 of 1. Several fantastic cards.  The person who had Quinn hughes made a fortune last night.  The person who shelled out of $200 for the Kirby Dach spot got skunked.  The site AMT Memorabilia was first class and made you feel comfortable.  I definitely will continue to do these for hockey and baseball if the price is right.  But I certainly had fun and would do it again knowing I didn't come out on the plus side this time.  

Glad you enjoyed the break.  I remember my first one my buddy, who used to run a card store, asked me to join a football break cos they needed one more person.  Each person got one division I ended up with the NFC South.  I gotta a whole buncha of nuthin' so since I got the least I won the "Boobie Prize" which was some knida gift card.  I looked down at the gift card and said "Hey, this thing is expired WTF!"  We all had a good laugh and a few sodas and pizzas afterwards.