Marian Hossa & Marian Gaborik Dual Jersey Card

From Upper Deck's 2010-11 Artifacts set (card #TT2-SVK - as in ''Slovakia'' - of their Tundra Tandems sub-set) comes this beautiful dual white swatch card featuring the Chicago Blackhawks' Marian Hossa and then-member of the New York Rangers Marian Gaborik, numbered 27/125:

In my opinion, Hossa is one of the past decade's 5 best all-around players in the world, capable of point-per-game production as well as shutting down the opposition, playing both on the powerplay and shorthanded, leading or trailing by a goal. A five-time All-Star (with two goals and 11 points in the mid-season classic), two-time Stanley Cup winner (and four-time finalist, including three consecutive ones with three different teams) and three-time Olympian (with 67 career points in 71 international men's games), he is the consummate overly-talented team player.

He has seven 30-goal seasons, three of them 40-plus. He also has a 100-point (43 goals) in 2006-07 and a 92-point season (39 goals) in 2005-06, both as a member of the lowly Atlanta Thrashers.

Gaborik, on the other hand, is ''merely'' a three-time All-Star, but has been named MVP of the 2012 edition. He is a more natural goal scorer than Hossa, but less gifted as a passer and shut-down player. He has only reached the 80-point threshold twice (once each with the Minnesota Wild and Rangers), but has only played more than 70 games six times in his career. He is a two-time Olympian, with 40 points in 52 men's international games, but has one thing Hossa doesn't: a medal, bronze from the 1999 World Juniors.

He will now get to compete for a Stanley Cup as a member of the Los Angeles Kings, where he will be counted on for secondary scoring and powerplay goals, but will not be the default go-to buy he was in Minnesota, New York and with the Columbus Blue Jackets, a role that will fall on the shoulders of Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter and Mike Richards; the Kings believe not having that pressure will free him and help them move up in the scoring standings.

Pascal Leclaire And Ty Conklin - Jersey Card

Because many players care more about ice time and making money than the city where they play in or being on a championship team, we rarely see players spend their entire careers with the same team anymore. Both goalies here are no longer with the team in which they are pictured here (Conklin himself has been on 3 other teams since), but at least the card depicts a picture, jersey and team name that all fit at the time.

Upper Deck didn't have enough of the usual brands they were producing, they absolutely needed to flood the market with one more, and that's why they came up with this (beautiful) set: 2006-07 Artifacts, with these jersey cards being part of the Tundra sub-set. This Dual Jerseys card (TT-PT) depicts Pascal Leclaire wearing the Columbus Blue Jackets' blue uniform (though the patch seems to be from a white one), and Ty Conklin, backup extraordinaire who has been to the last 3 Stanley Cup Finals, in his Edmonton Oilers white jersey (the patch being bronze coloured, like the stripes on the arms or waist). The card is numbered 120/125.