Gotta love
Pacific's craze for jersey cards in the first half of the 00s. It saturated the market with game-used collectibles and brought the price of many previously-rare items to an affordable low... until
Upper Deck lost patience and struck back-room deals with the NHL and NHLPA for exclusive rights to NHL merchandise.
Still. This beautiful black patch of the
Florida Panthers![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hellsvalua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0965384667)
' third jersey (despite the card depicting
Roberto Luongo![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hellsvalua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001GS5FGE)
in the team's white jersey) can often be had for around $10 on
Ebay, despite its 'value' nearing $35. It's from the eponymous
2004-05 Pacific![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hellsvalua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000ETPD9A)
set (#16 in the
Authentic Game-Worn Jerseys sub-set) and is numbered 424/850, a relatively high number for a limited edition.
It's the second Luongo jersey card I've featured here,
the first one was when he took over for Martin Brodeur as Team Canada's goalie during the last Olympics. I still have a few more left, so hopefully he keeps making the news so I have reasons to feature him. And he'd better hope it's more positive news than what we've been hearing all summer, which is that his current team, the
Vancouver Canucks![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hellsvalua-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0040IPTU4)
,
are thinking of revoking his captaincy. It seems Montréal isn't the only place where
goalie talks occupy summer's dead hockey space.
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