Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Jonathan Cheechoo


Mr. Cheechoo signed 2/2 in person on 2/15/09. HE signed 2 cards, one of which was a 06-07 Fleer. That card ame out amazing. It looks so nice, and he signed it in a great spot. He signed for about half the fans trying to get autographs. Even though he only signed for half the fans, he signed a lot of autographs. The crowd was quite large. Mr. Cheechoo is the former winner of the Maurice "The Rocket" Richard Trophy as the league's leading scorer. He had 56 goals in 05-06. He hasn't scored quite that many this year, but he still continues to play well. Sorry the one card got sort of cut off. (I've just found a new way to do images so I'm experimenting with it.)

Autograph Grade: B+

Los Angeles Kings

The rest of the Kings autographs I recieved are all on index cards. All these guys were great signers. Here's who I got:
Drew Doughty-signed 2
Davis Drewiske-signed 2
Wayne Simmons-signed 2
Matt Greene-signed 2
Jonathan Quick-signed 2
Raitus Ivanas-signed 2
Peter Harrold-signed 2 (nice, every letter signature)
John Zeiler-signed 2
Jarret Stoll-signed 1
Kyle Quincy-signed 1
Erik Ersberg-signed 1

Overall Team Autograph Grade: A

Let me know which of these you'd like to see because I won't put up images for all of these unless everyone wants to see all of them.

Dustin Brown


Mr. Brown signed 3/3 in person on 2/7/09. All 3 autographs were on cards. This is a great autograph to have from a 2008-09 All Star. Dustin Brown signed quickly, but he made sure he signed for everybody, which was nice.

Autograph Grade: B+

Alexander Frolov

Mr. Frolov signed 5/5 on 2/7/09. He signed 4 cards and one index card. He was really nice and signed tons of autographs. One of the cards he signed was another 06-07 Fleer Ultra. Mr. Frolov is a great player and a class act. He's definetly one of the nicest signers I've ever seen.

Autograph Grade: A+

Kyle Calder

Kyle Calder signed 4/4 in person on 2/7/09. He signed 2 cards and 2 index cards. His autograph is nice too. Although not every letter, it is actually legible. One of the cards he signed was another 06-07 Fleer Ultra. I'm going to try and get these cards signed whenever I can now, because I think they look great. Mr. calder was nice and signed for everyone.

Autograph grade: A

Michal Handzus

Mr. Handzus signed 2/2 in person on 2/7/09. He signed 2 cards. You would never know that this signature says Michal Handzus. It looks more like a P and an M. Even though it isn't the greatest signature, an autograph is an autograph. He was quiet and signed for some people really quickly.

Autograph Grade: B

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson signed 3/3 in person on 2/7/09. He signed 2 cards and an index card. One of the cards came out great and the other bubbled up a little bit, but it still looks okay. This is a great autograph to have from a possible superstar in the future. He signed for everyone who wanted an autograph.

Autograph Grade: A-

Derek Armstrong


Mr. Armstrong signed 3/3 in person on 2/7/09. He signed 2 cards and an index card. One card he signed was his rookie card, which he was very happy to see. He said it'd been awhile since he had seen one of his rookie cards.He was very nice and signed for a lot of people.

Autograph Grade: A

Anze Kopitar


Mr. Kopitar signed 4/4 in-person on 2/7/09. He signed 3 cards and 1 index card. One card came out geat, and the other 2 came out okay. I also had success with Mr. Kopitar earlier this season via TTM. He was very nice and signed for everyone.

Autograph Grade: A

Rostislav Olesz

Sent on 1/2/09 and recieved 1/1 on 2/7/09. Mr. Olesz is a young player for the Florida Pnathers, that is a big part of the team's future. The card I sent came out signed very nicely. The card is from the 06-07 Fleer Ultra set, which in my opinion, is the nicest looking card to get signed. Card was sent to the Florida Panthers. I'll put images up once I get all my new autographs up on the website.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Johan Hedberg


Sent on 11/20/08 and recieved 2/2 on 2/5/09. I recieved Mr. Hedberg's autograph in-person earlier this year. I got it on an index card (I use index cards for players I don't have a card of). When I got back home I found that I did however have a card of him. I mailed it out along with a photo. The envelope in my mailbox today was pretty beat up. The phot is in pretty bad shape. It has some water marks and part of the envelope stuck to it. The card however is fine. I'd rather have the card be better anyway. Despite some damage, I'm pleased to get this one back. Sent to the Atlanta Thrashers.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Marcel Goc


Sent on 10/27/08 and recieved 1/1 on 2/3/09. This one took a little over 2 months to come back. Mr. Goc is a good center for the San Jose Sharks. He hasn't had his best year so far. He's played well, but has struggled to put points one the board. I wish him the best of luck the rest of the season. In 2006 he played for the German Hockey Team in the Olympics. This is my second Sharks success in two days. I've seen a lot of other recent San Jose successes. I guess all the Sharks are doing their mail now. Sent to the San Jose Sharks.

Monday, February 02, 2009

Dan Boyle

All right everyone, brace yourself for a story with this one. I originally sent an autograph request to Dan Boyle in October. A month later I opened my mailbox to find an envelope with my card from Dan Boyle. Once I opened it, I realized that Mr. Boyle personalized my card but did not sign it. I don't know exactly what went wrong with this one. I wrote back to him, and included a nice letter asking him if he could sign my card and answer my questions for him. Today I recieved my envelope back. This time he did sign my card and he answered my questions. I was really happy to get this back. Sent on 11/29/08 and recieved 1/1 on 2/2/09. Sent to the San Jose Sharks (both times). All right everyone, heres an update on my scanner issues. I've found out exactly what the problem is, and it's not my scanner. I'm having trouble loading the pictures to the website. This means once I fix the problem with my jpeg converter, we'll be good to go on images. Thanks to everyone for putting up with the problem for awhile.