![]() Although Hull failed to bring a Stanley Cup to St. His 741 goals put him third on the NHL's all-time list. In his prime during the early 1990s, Brett Hull was hockey's most dangerous sniper. When he was elected in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001, he became the first player from Finland to do so. With 1,398 career points, Kurri sits 20th of all-time. But that's not to say that the Great One deserves all the credit for Kurri's success. ![]() Jari Kurri spent much of his career as Wayne Gretzky's line mate. The eighth pick in the 1981 NHL Draft, Fuhr won five Stanley Cups and one Vezina Trophy as hockey's best goalie. ![]() The goaltender for one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports, Grant Fuhr was one of hockey's most popular players in the 1980s. A decade earlier, MacInnis helped lead the Calgary Flames to their only Stanley Cup victory in 1989 where he was named the playoff MVP. MacInnis won his lone Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman in 1998-99. Known best for his booming slapshot, Al MacInnis forever played in the shadow of Ray Bourque and Paul Coffey. To show how strong the group is, here are some of the rookie cards that didn't make the list: Because O-Pee-Chee outpaces Topps hockey sets for every year but 1989-90, the list is held to the Canadian versions of the cards. Maybe we just need to look at the caliber of players turned out during the ten year span.īelow is a list of the top ten hockey rookie cards of the 1980s (1980-81 through 1989-90). It'd be difficult to pinpoint any one reason as to why prices of 1980s hockey cards have remained so strong. The fact that the decade was one of the best for the sport certainly helps, as does the lower print runs. Despite not having the same sized collector base as other sports, hockey card collectors are among the most passionate in the hobby. It's worth noting that while prices of many baseball cards from the same era crashed, 1980s hockey cards have remained largely stable over the years. ![]() Although Wayne Gretzky and the dominant Edmonton Oilers got much of the attention, so many great players made their hobby debuts over the course of the decade. ![]()
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