Phil Kessel And Nikolai Kulemin Dual Jersey Card

I seem to collect these dual Phil Kessel jersey cards, don't I? Well, I don't. So this one and the one linked in the previous sentence are for trade, if anyone's interested. For reason of Leafs and Bruins...

Phil Kessel is currently proving he is a first-line sniper in the NHL because the Toronto Maple Leafs are no longer a laughingstock... although they are a far cry from where they were when the season started. He will be participating in his second straight All Star Game later this month and played in his 400th NHL game in December against... his former team, the Boston Bruins.

Nikolai Kulemin is currently in his fourth season with the Leafs after they chose him in the second round in 2006. He managed to rack up 30 goals and 57 points last year, which is pretty impressive considering he played with Mikhail Grabovski all season long.

This card, from Upper Deck's 2010-11 SPX set, the Winning Combos sub-set (card #WC-KK). The piece of jersey belonging to Kessel is white while Kulemin's is blue, and both are guaranteed to have been used in an official game.

Again, it's for trade.

Michael Ryder And Phil Kessel - Jersey Card

Oh, serendipity! Here's a jersey card that features Michael Ryder in a red Montréal Canadiens jersey, and Phil Kessel of the Boston Bruins, with a black jersey piece (it is unclear whether it's the black shoulder on the white jersey or a piece of the darker one). Each has had a 30-goal season in those uniforms.

But Ryder is now a Bruin, and he's scored 27 goals in his only season there so far. Ironically, his salary of $4M per year for three more years is what put the Bruins over the cap and forced to trade Kessel (who had scored 36) to the Leafs a couple of weeks ago... so neither of these players are still with the team they're pictured in.

This is from Upper Deck's SPX Hockey series, for the 2008-09 season, which also happens to be the only one these two players have played together as teammates. It isn't serial-numbered, but bears the card nuber #WC-RK.