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2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey Cards

2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey Cards

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2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey brings a lot of the ideas from Fleer Retro and turns them down a touch to create a product that's accessible to a broader audience. It's highlighted by plenty of nostalgia-fueled content and a bigger focus on rookies than Fleer Retro did last year. Every box comes with three total autograph and memorabilia cards including an autographed patch rookie.

The 2013-14 Fleer Hot Prospects base set has 100 cards. Veterans have several memorabilia parallels, all of which come with low serial numbers: Red Glow Jersey (#/36), White Hot Patch Tier 1 (#/18) and White Hot Patch Tier 2 (#/9).

The product's rookie content begins with Hot Prospects Auto Patch cards, which are inserted at least one per box. These come in two rarity levels. Tier 1 cards are more common, numbered to 399. Rarer Tier 2 players are limited to 199 numbered copies each. Both have Glove or Strap Red Glow parallels that are numbered to 27 or less. White Hot Patch cards are limited to 3.  Collectors can also find Hot Prospects Autos (#/149). These have Red Glow (#/27) and White Hot (#/9) parallels as well.

The Hot Prospects theme continues with Hot Prospects Duos (#/299) and Trio (#/399), which also have Red Glow (#/27) and White Hot (#/9) versions.

Rookies also appear on a couple of retro-themed inserts. SkyBox Premium Prospects are numbered to 299. Parallels are Star Rubies (#/50) and Sparkling Diamond (#/5). Fleer Ultra Rookies (#/499) bring back another familiar brand. Red Medallion parallels (#/99) are new but Platinum Medallion (#/25) cards should bring back some memories for long-time collectors. Both SkyBox Premium and Fleer Ultra have veteran versions as well.

Every box of 2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey has a pair of Metal Universe cards. With that comes Precious Metal Gems parallels. These come in three colors: Red (#/75), Blue (#/25) and Green (#/10).

Another popular set from the 1990s (and 2012-13 Fleer Retro Hockey) is back. Jambalaya inserts are once again extremely tough, landing 1:180 packs.

Additional memorabilia cards include Stitches (1:30 packs) and Uniformity (1:45 packs), which is a dual memorabilia set. Both stick with parallels from other memorabilia sets with Red Glow and White Hot versions. White Hot Stitches and Uniformity cards have jersey tags.

Product Configuration: 15 packs per box, 5 cards per pack
Price Point: Mid-End Hockey Card
Target Audience: Nostalgic Collectors, Autograph Collectors, Memorabilia Card Collectors

2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey Box Break

  • 1 Hot Prospects Autographed Patch Card
  • 2 Additional Autograph and Memorabilia Cards
  • 3 Hot Prospects Dual or Triple, SkyBox Premium Prospects or Ultra Rookie Inserts
  • 1 Hot Prospects Dual or Triple, SkyBox Premium Prospects or Ultra Rookies Parallel or Jambalaya Insert
  • 2 Metal Universe Cards
  • 6 SkyBox Premium or Ultra Inserts
  • 75 Total Cards

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Set Checklist

2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey Set Checklist

Base Set Checklist

PARALLEL CARDS: Red Glow Jersey #/27 (partial parallel - detailed below), White Hot Patch #/18 or #/9 (partial parallel - detailed below)

1 Evgeni Malkin
2 Jeremy Roenick
3 Ryan Getzlaf
4 Corey Perry
5 Jonas Hiller
6 Milan Lucic
7 Tuukka Rask
8 Zdeno Chara
9 Glen Murray
10 Ryan Miller
11 Dominik Hasek
12 Matt Stajan
13 Eric Staal
14 Cam Ward
15 Jonathan Toews
16 Patrick Kane
17 Duncan Keith
18 Corey Crawford
19 Bryan Bickell
20 Matt Duchene
21 Milan Hejduk
22 Paul Stastny
23 Patrick Roy
24 Peter Forsberg
25 Henrik Zetterberg
26 Jim Howard
27 Johan Franzen
28 Pavel Datsyuk
29 Steve Yzerman
30 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
31 Wayne Gretzky
32 Taylor Hall
33 Jordan Eberle
34 David Perron
35 Ales Hemsky
36 Sam Gagner
37 Pavel Bure
38 Ed Belfour
39 Jonathan Quick
40 Mike Richards
41 Anze Kopitar
42 Dustin Brown
43 Slava Voynov
44 Zach Parise
45 Mikko Koivu
46 Tomas Plekanec
47 P.K. Subban
48 Max Pacioretty
49 Larry Robinson
50 Carey Price
51 David Desharnais
52 David Legwand
53 Pekka Rinne
54 Patrik Elias
55 Martin Brodeur
56 Travis Zajac
57 Mike Bossy
58 Kyle Okposo
59 John Tavares
60 Rick Nash
61 Mike Gartner
62 Derek Stepan
63 Chris Kreider
64 Theoren Fleury
65 Carl Hagelin
66 Bobby Ryan
67 Robin Lehner
68 Jason Spezza
69 Erik Karlsson
70 Simon Gagne
71 Claude Giroux
72 Bill Barber
73 Scott Hartnell
74 Steve Mason
75 Shane Doan
76 Mario Lemieux
77 Kris Letang
78 Marc-Andre Fleury
79 Sidney Crosby
80 Logan Couture
81 Patrick Marleau
82 Antti Niemi
83 Alexander Steen
84 Patrik Berglund
85 Brett Hull
86 Martin St. Louis
87 Steven Stamkos
88 Mats Sundin
89 Grant Fuhr
90 Eric Lindros
91 Phil Kessel
92 Nazem Kadri
93 Daniel Sedin
94 Henrik Sedin
95 Ryan Kesler
96 Alexandre Burrows
97 Roberto Luongo
98 Braden Holtby
99 Nicklas Backstrom
100 Alexander Ovechkin

Hot Prospects Trios Set Checklist

15 cards
Serial Numbered #/399
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Glow Jersey #/27, White Hot Patch #/9

111 Radko Gudas/Ondrej Palat/Dmitry Korobov
112 Michael Chaput/Jonathan Audy-Marchessault/Antoine Roussel
113 Greg Pateryn/Luke Glendening/Chad Billins
114 Sami Vatanen/Hampus Lindholm/Alex Grant
115 John Albert/Julian Melchiori/Eric O'Dell
116 Kevan Miller/Brian Gibbons/David Warsofsky
117 Kevin Connauton/Jamie Oleksiak/Cristopher Nilstorp
118 Shawn Lalonde/Jason Akeson/Cody Ceci
119 Dmitrij Jaskin/Mark Barberio/Zach Sill
120 Frank Corrado/Joe Cannata/Darren Archibald
121 Matthew Irwin/Conor Allen/Mike Kostka
122 Jared Staal/Michael Sgarbossa/Ben Chiarot
123 Will Acton/Tyler Pitlick/Luke Gazdic
124 Martin Marincin/Taylor Fedun/Brad Hunt
125 John Muse/Edward Pasquale/Igor Bobkov

Hot Prospects Duos Set Checklist

13 cards
Serial Numbered #/299
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Glow Jersey #/27, White Hot Patch #/9

126 Spencer Abbott/Jerry D'Amigo
127 Michael Bournival/Patrick Holland
128 Nate Schmidt/Erik Haula
129 Calvin Pickard/Kent Simpson
130 Reid Boucher/Connor Murphy
131 Josh Leivo/David Broll
132 Michael Raffl/Matthew Konan
133 Joacim Eriksson/Niklas Svedberg
134 Adam Almqvist/Alexey Marchenko
135 Eric Hartzell/Jeff Zatkoff
136 Marek Mazanec/Magnus Hellberg
137 Eric Gelinas/Mike Sislo
138 Olli Maatta/Nikita Zadorov

Hot Prospects Autographs Set Checklist

12 cards
Serial Numbered #/149
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Glow Jersey #/27, White Hot Patch #/9

139 Frederik Andersen
140 Freddie Hamilton
141 John Gibson
142 Linden Vey
143 Rickard Rakell
144 Mathew Dumba
145 Zemgus Girgensons
146 Justin Fontaine
147 Jon Merrill
148 Matt Nieto
149 Alex Killorn
150 Tomas Jurco

Hot Prospects Autographed Patch Checklist

60 cards
Serial Numbered #/375 or #/175
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Glow Fight Strap or Glove - #/27 for base cards #/375 or #/18 for base cards #/175, White Hot Jumbo Patch #/3

151 Ryan Murphy #/ 375
152 Mark Arcobello #/ 375
153 Thomas Hickey #/ 375
154 Tom Wilson #/ 375
155 Brock Nelson #/ 375
156 Rasmus Ristolainen #/ 375
157 Jean-Gabriel Pageau #/ 175
158 Valeri Nichushkin #/ 175
159 Johan Larsson #/ 375
160 Morgan Rielly #/ 175
161 Danny DeKeyser #/ 375
162 Jacob Trouba #/ 375
163 Christian Thomas #/ 375
164 Chris Brown #/ 375
165 Richard Panik #/ 375
166 Jordan Schroeder #/ 375
167 Zach Redmond #/ 375
168 Ryan Strome #/ 375
169 Carl Soderberg #/ 375
170 Drew Shore #/ 175
171 Dylan McIlrath #/ 375
172 Olli Maatta #/ 175
173 Mikael Granlund #/ 375
174 Mikhail Grigorenko #/ 375
175 Nathan Beaulieu #/ 375
176 Charlie Coyle #/ 375
177 Dougie Hamilton #/ 175
178 Elias Lindholm #/ 375
179 Beau Bennett #/ 375
180 Austin Watson #/ 375
181 Ryan Murray #/ 375
182 Emerson Etem #/ 375
183 Jonas Brodin #/ 175
184 Jack Campbell #/ 375
185 Petr Mrazek #/ 375
186 Quinton Howden #/ 375
187 Ryan Spooner #/ 175
188 Scott Laughton #/ 375
189 Damien Brunner #/ 375
190 Viktor Fasth #/ 375
191 Jarred Tinordi #/ 375
192 Cory Conacher #/ 375
193 Nicklas Jensen #/ 375
194 Filip Forsberg #/ 375
195 Boone Jenner #/ 175
196 Tanner Pearson #/ 375
197 Alex Chiasson #/ 375
198 Nick Bjugstad #/ 375
199 Nail Yakupov #/ 175
200 Alex Galchenyuk #/ 175
201 Jonathan Huberdeau #/ 175
202 Brendan Gallagher #/ 175
203 Tomas Hertl #/ 175
204 Sean Monahan #/ 175
205 Justin Schultz #/ 175
206 Tyler Toffoli #/ 175
207 Nathan MacKinnon #/ 175
208 Seth Jones #/ 175
209 Aleksander Barkov #/ 175
210 Vladimir Tarasenko #/ 175

Red Glow Jersey Base Parallel Set Checklist

89 cards
Serial Numbered #/36

1 Evgeni Malkin
2 Jeremy Roenick
3 Ryan Getzlaf
4 Corey Perry
5 Jonas Hiller
6 Milan Lucic
7 Tuukka Rask
8 Zdeno Chara
9 Glen Murray
10 Ryan Miller
11 Dominik Hasek
12 Matt Stajan
13 Eric Staal
14 Cam Ward
15 Jonathan Toews
17 Duncan Keith
18 Corey Crawford
19 Bryan Bickell
20 Matt Duchene
21 Milan Hejduk
22 Paul Stastny
23 Patrick Roy
24 Peter Forsberg
25 Henrik Zetterberg
26 Jim Howard
27 Johan Franzen
28 Pavel Datsyuk
29 Steve Yzerman
30 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
31 Wayne Gretzky
32 Taylor Hall
33 Jordan Eberle
34 David Perron
35 Ales Hemsky
36 Sam Gagner
37 Pavel Bure
38 Ed Belfour
39 Jonathan Quick
40 Mike Richards
41 Anze Kopitar
42 Dustin Brown
43 Slava Voynov
45 Mikko Koivu
46 Tomas Plekanec
47 P.K. Subban
48 Max Pacioretty
50 Carey Price
52 David Legwand
53 Pekka Rinne
54 Patrik Elias
55 Martin Brodeur
56 Travis Zajac
58 Kyle Okposo
59 John Tavares
60 Rick Nash
61 Mike Gartner
62 Derek Stepan
63 Chris Kreider
64 Theoren Fleury
65 Carl Hagelin
67 Robin Lehner
68 Jason Spezza
69 Erik Karlsson
70 Simon Gagne
72 Bill Barber
73 Scott Hartnell
74 Steve Mason
75 Shane Doan
76 Mario Lemieux
78 Marc-Andre Fleury
79 Sidney Crosby
80 Logan Couture
81 Patrick Marleau
82 Antti Niemi
84 Patrik Berglund
85 Brett Hull
86 Martin St. Louis
87 Steven Stamkos
88 Mats Sundin
89 Grant Fuhr
90 Eric Lindros
91 Phil Kessel
92 Nazem Kadri
93 Daniel Sedin
95 Ryan Kesler
97 Roberto Luongo
98 Braden Holtby
99 Nicklas Backstrom
100 Alexander Ovechkin

White Hot Patch Base Parallel Set Checklist

62 cards
Serial Numbered #/18 or #/9

1 Evgeni Malkin #/ 18
3 Ryan Getzlaf #/ 18
5 Jonas Hiller #/ 18
6 Milan Lucic #/ 18
7 Tuukka Rask #/ 18
8 Zdeno Chara #/ 18
9 Glen Murray #/ 18
12 Matt Stajan #/ 18
13 Eric Staal #/ 18
17 Duncan Keith #/ 18
18 Corey Crawford #/ 18
19 Bryan Bickell #/ 18
20 Matt Duchene #/ 18
21 Milan Hejduk #/ 18
22 Paul Stastny #/ 18
24 Peter Forsberg #/ 9
25 Henrik Zetterberg #/ 9
26 Jim Howard #/ 18
27 Johan Franzen #/ 18
28 Pavel Datsyuk #/ 18
29 Steve Yzerman #/ 9
30 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins #/ 9
31 Wayne Gretzky #/ 9
32 Taylor Hall #/ 18
33 Jordan Eberle #/ 9
35 Ales Hemsky #/ 18
36 Sam Gagner #/ 18
37 Pavel Bure #/ 18
39 Jonathan Quick #/ 9
40 Mike Richards #/ 18
41 Anze Kopitar #/ 9
42 Dustin Brown #/ 18
45 Mikko Koivu #/ 18
46 Tomas Plekanec #/ 18
47 P.K. Subban #/ 9
50 Carey Price #/ 18
52 David Legwand #/ 18
53 Pekka Rinne #/ 18
54 Patrik Elias #/ 18
55 Martin Brodeur #/ 18
58 Kyle Okposo #/ 18
59 John Tavares #/ 9
62 Derek Stepan #/ 18
63 Chris Kreider #/ 18
64 Theoren Fleury #/ 9
65 Carl Hagelin #/ 18
68 Jason Spezza #/ 18
70 Simon Gagne #/ 18
72 Bill Barber #/ 18
73 Scott Hartnell #/ 18
75 Shane Doan #/ 18
77 Kris Letang #/ 18
78 Marc-Andre Fleury #/ 18
79 Sidney Crosby #/ 9
80 Logan Couture #/ 18
82 Antti Niemi #/ 9
84 Patrik Berglund #/ 18
85 Brett Hull #/ 18
88 Mats Sundin #/ 9
90 Eric Lindros #/ 18
94 Henrik Sedin #/ 18
100 Alexander Ovechkin #/ 9

Jambalaya Set Checklist

42 cards
1:180 packs

1 Tony Esposito
2 Mario Lemieux
3 Ron Hextall
4 Peter Forsberg
5 Tuukka Rask
6 Marcel Dionne
7 Wayne Gretzky
8 Pavel Bure
9 Ray Bourque
10 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
11 Steve Yzerman
12 Nazem Kadri
13 Corey Crawford
14 Taylor Hall
15 Zdeno Chara
16 Jonathan Toews
17 Zach Parise
18 Carey Price
19 P.K. Subban
20 Evander Kane
21 Sidney Crosby
22 Jonathan Quick
23 Antti Niemi
24 James van Riemsdyk
25 Anze Kopitar
26 Patrick Roy
27 Nathan MacKinnon
28 Marc-Andre Fleury
29 Henrik Lundqvist
30 Sean Monahan
31 Ryan Miller
32 Doug Gilmour
33 Teemu Selanne
34 Evgeni Malkin
35 Tomas Hertl
36 Bobby Orr
37 Alexander Ovechkin
38 Alex Galchenyuk
39 Brendan Gallagher
40 Henrik Zetterberg
41 Jonathan Huberdeau
42 Nail Yakupov

Metal Universe Set Checklist

42 cards
1:3 packs
PARALLEL CARDS: PMG Red #/75, PMG Blue #/25, PMG Green #/10

MU-1 Bobby Orr
MU-2 Alex Galchenyuk
MU-3 Claude Giroux
MU-4 Zach Parise
MU-5 Wayne Gretzky
MU-6 Jonas Brodin
MU-7 Brad Marchand
MU-8 Nail Yakupov
MU-9 Corey Crawford
MU-10 Brendan Gallagher
MU-11 Felix Potvin
MU-12 Vladimir Tarasenko
MU-13 Peter Forsberg
MU-14 Aleksander Barkov
MU-15 Tyler Seguin
MU-16 Elias Lindholm
MU-17 John Tavares
MU-18 Dino Ciccarelli
MU-19 Patrick Kane
MU-20 Teemu Selanne
MU-21 Paul Coffey
MU-22 Sean Monahan
MU-23 Nazem Kadri
MU-24 Tomas Hertl
MU-25 Matt Duchene
MU-26 Mikhail Grigorenko
MU-27 Brett Hull
MU-28 Bobby Ryan
MU-29 Guy Lafleur
MU-30 Nathan MacKinnon
MU-31 Doug Gilmour
MU-32 Valeri Nichushkin
MU-33 Tyler Toffoli
MU-34 Beau Bennett
MU-35 Sidney Crosby
MU-36 Seth Jones
MU-37 Patrick Roy
MU-38 Ryan Strome
MU-39 Cam Neely
MU-40 Morgan Rielly
MU-41 Nicklas Lidstrom
MU-42 Justin Schultz

Skybox Premium Set Checklist

25 cards, including 10 SP's
1:17 packs, SP's 1:50 packs
PARALLEL CARDS: Star Rubies #/50, Sparkling Diamond #/5

Base
1 Wayne Gretzky
2 Bobby Orr
3 Mario Lemieux
4 Eric Lindros
5 Steve Yzerman
6 Sidney Crosby
7 Alexander Ovechkin
8 Martin St. Louis
9 Jonathan Toews
10 Henrik Lundqvist
11 John Tavares
12 Steven Stamkos
13 Carey Price
14 P.K. Subban
15 Evgeni Malkin
SP's
16 Rick Nash
17 Ryan Getzlaf
18 Phil Kessel
19 Jordan Eberle
20 Anze Kopitar
21 Logan Couture
22 Henrik Zetterberg
23 Eric Staal
24 Patrice Bergeron
25 Martin Brodeur

Skybox Premium Prospects Set Checklist

20 cards
Serial Numbered #/299
PARALLEL CARDS: Star Rubies #/50, Sparkling Diamond #/5

26 Nail Yakupov
27 Alex Galchenyuk
28 Aleksander Barkov
29 Morgan Rielly
30 Nikita Kucherov
31 Sean Monahan
32 Justin Schultz
33 Taylor Beck
34 Seth Jones
35 Mikhail Grigorenko
36 Ryan Murray
37 Tomas Hertl
38 Dougie Hamilton
39 Philipp Grubauer
40 Valeri Nichushkin
41 Zemgus Girgensons
42 Nathan MacKinnon
43 Olli Maatta
44 Jonathan Huberdeau
45 Brendan Gallagher

Stitches Memorabilia Set Checklist

24 cards
1:30 packs
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Glow Patch #/13, White Hot Strap #/3

S-AG Alex Galchenyuk
S-AK Anze Kopitar
S-AN Antti Niemi
S-BB Beau Bennett
S-CA Carey Price
S-DD Devan Dubnyk
S-DK Duncan Keith
S-DS Drew Stafford
S-EM Evgeni Malkin
S-HE Tomas Hertl
S-JC Jack Campbell
S-JE Jordan Eberle
S-JM J.T. Miller
S-MD Matt Duchene
S-MS Martin St. Louis
S-NB Nicklas Backstrom
S-NM Nathan MacKinnon
S-PK Phil Kessel
S-PR Pekka Rinne
S-PS P.K. Subban
S-RG Ryan Getzlaf
S-SJ Seth Jones
S-SV Slava Voynov
S-TH Taylor Hall

Ultra Set Checklist

35 cards, including 10 SP's
1:10 packs, SP's 1:50 packs
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Medallion #/99, Platinum Medallion #/25

Base
1 Wayne Gretzky
2 Bobby Orr
3 Mario Lemieux
4 Peter Forsberg
5 Steve Yzerman
6 Patrick Roy
7 Bobby Clarke
8 Bobby Hull
9 Mike Bossy
10 Grant Fuhr
11 Sidney Crosby
12 Alexander Ovechkin
13 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
14 Jonathan Toews
15 Henrik Lundqvist
16 John Tavares
17 Steven Stamkos
18 Carey Price
19 P.K. Subban
20 Evgeni Malkin
21 Rick Nash
22 Teemu Selanne
23 Phil Kessel
24 Jordan Eberle
25 Anze Kopitar
SP's
26 Logan Couture
27 Henrik Zetterberg
28 Eric Staal
29 Patrice Bergeron
30 Martin Brodeur
31 Drew Doughty
32 Claude Giroux
33 Tuukka Rask
34 Marian Gaborik
35 Pavel Datsyuk

Ultra Rookies Set Checklist

30 cards
Serial Numbered #/499
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Medallion #/99, Platinum Medallion #/25

36 Nail Yakupov
37 Alex Galchenyuk
38 Jonathan Huberdeau
39 Brendan Gallagher
40 Cory Conacher
41 Aleksander Barkov
42 Justin Schultz
43 Vladimir Tarasenko
44 Mikael Granlund
45 John Gibson
46 Elias Lindholm
47 Charlie Coyle
48 Dougie Hamilton
49 Linden Vey
50 Jon Merrill
51 Tyler Toffoli
52 Sean Monahan
53 Ryan Murray
54 Tomas Hertl
55 Valeri Nichushkin
56 J.T. Miller
57 Nikita Zadorov
58 Jonas Brodin
59 Filip Forsberg
60 Ryan Strome
61 Martin Jones
62 Seth Jones
63 Nathan MacKinnon
64 Jacob Trouba
65 Morgan Rielly

Uniformity Dual Jerseys Set Checklist

18 cards
1:45 packs
PARALLEL CARDS: Red Glow Patch #/9, White Hot Strap #/2

U-BN Nicklas Backstrom/Michal Neuvirth
U-CN Jack Campbell/Valeri Nichushkin
U-DE Devan Dubnyk/Jordan Eberle
U-DM Matt Duchene/Nathan MacKinnon
U-EH Jordan Eberle/Taylor Hall
U-ER Emerson Etem/Rickard Rakell
U-GF Ryan Getzlaf/Viktor Fasth
U-HB Jonathan Huberdeau/Aleksander Barkov
U-HM Carl Hagelin/J.T. Miller
U-JF Seth Jones/Filip Forsberg
U-KC Duncan Keith/Corey Crawford
U-KQ Anze Kopitar/Jonathan Quick
U-MR Ryan Miller/Rasmus Ristolainen
U-NH Ryan Nugent-Hopkins/Taylor Hall
U-PJ P.K. Subban/Jarred Tinordi
U-SN Ryan Strome/Brock Nelson
U-ST Ryan Strome/John Tavares
U-WJ Austin Watson/Seth Jones

Autographed Buybacks Set Checklist

48 John Tavares '12-13 Showcase Row 2 #1/1

Product Review

2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey Product Review

Reviewed by Ryan Cracknell

Good: It's fun, lots of quality content from non-hits, nice nostalgia kick.

Bad: Bland base set, dual rookie cards.

The Bottom Line: As far as fun goes, 2013-14 Fleer Showcase is one of the sport’s most enjoyable products of the year. It’s loaded with rookie content that actually lives the hype of the double-rookie class label. With that, there’s plenty of retro content as well that harkens back to the wild times of the 1990s.

Staff Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Card Design: 3.5/5.0

Just like a lot of sets from the 1990s, both ends of the design spectrum can be found in 2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey. Thankfully, the majority of it is on the strong end.

What is likely to garner a lot of the product’s attention are the Hot Prospects Rookie Auto Patch cards. Although on the busy side, the gold motif adds some elegance. The gold foil is used sparingly and doesn’t go overboard. The sticker autographs are a drawback, but if they must be used, at least they’re clear and done on a white background so they don’t draw too much attention to themselves.

The base set is my least favorite part of the product. They far too busy with lots of different sections. Colors cut in and out. The gold coloring is overpowering. Players just sort of blend into the background. With so many other components in the product, they’re really are an afterthought to me.

My favorite cards in 2013-14 Fleer Showcase Hockey are the Metal Universe inserts. They are a rehash from the past, but their unique look is a lot more interesting. I’ll admit, there’s probably some nostalgia talking there as well. Adding to this are the Precious Metal Gems. Not only are they some of the brightest cards you’re ever going to find, but the background have a trippy hypnotic thing going on. PMGs might not be for everyone but I love these.

Checklist: 4.5/5.0

The double-rookie class has been trumpeted by both Upper Deck and Panini months before the first 2013-14 products hit. And while the player selection has been strong and there’s lots of future potential, I’d say that the execution of the double-rookie crop has been somewhat disappointing in a lot of products. From early releases that were really only last year’s rookies to some other sets that are just plain bland, I haven’t been as excited about many products like I was expecting. 2013-14 Fleer Showcase lives up to the hype though. Not only is there lots of rookie content, but it’s good rookie content. It means that you actually have a decent chance at landing a top player in some form. It might not be an autographed patch every time, but even the less “valuable” spots like the Skybox inserts are compelling because they look good and they’re relatively limited.

Fleer Showcase has a lot of depth. It speaks to Upper Deck’s ability to spread limited content around so that you’re bound to get something interesting on a per-box basis more times than not. Here, it’s with the several levels of basic inserts. Individually, they’re tough. But put it all together and there are solid chances of getting one.

Value: 4.2/5.0

I love that this product isn’t all about the autographs and memorabilia cards. In fact, I hardly even think of them. Sure, they’re in here, but it goes beyond the signatures and jersey pieces. There’s plenty of content outside the hits that’s both interesting and draws interest from other collectors if you’re looking to trade or sell. I wish there were more products like this. Autographs and memorabilia can make it tough to get great players much of the time. With basic inserts, it’s a lot easier to control the checklist and have more top-tier players. Fleer Showcase pretty much nails it.

The Fun Factor: 4.5/5.0

I had a blast busting Fleer Showcase. Every pack offered something different. I like that the designs are bold and take me back to crazier hobby times. There’s some good nostalgia in that. More importantly, the product proves that there is a lot more than just signatures and relics. In fact, the box I busted had just two hits instead of the expected three. That didn’t bother me. I’m assuming it was replaced by on of the many interesting inserts, which is more appealing to me than a lower-tier signature or nondescript relic.

To see some of the cards we pulled, check out our album on Facebook.

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Ryan is a former member of The Cardboard Connection Writing Staff.   His collecting origins began with winter bike rides to the corner store, tossing a couple of quarters onto the counter and peddling home with a couple packs of O-Pee-Chee hockey in his pocket. Today, he continues to build sets, go after inserts with cool technologies, chase Montreal Expos and finish off his John Jaha master collection.

User Reviews

Jason Semrau
Jason Semrau

Very nice mix of cards. Nearly half complete base set and a nice mix of insert cards. Got some nice rookies Strome /499, Jones /299, Metal Universe Emerald Matt Duchene PMG /10, and my big hits were Hot prospects patch / auto Ryan Murray /375 and Galchenyuk White Hot Stiches Tag 1/3.
Very nice box of hits for me and definitely got my moneys worth.

Jeff K.
Jeff K.

Great expansive coverage of rookies with a retro feel that is not trashy. Rookie patch cards look great for the money. UD needs to keep this one on roster for 14-15.

Owen Collette
Owen Collette

One of the only hockey products worth breaking this year. A lot of value for a reasonable price.

Jeff
Jeff

These cards are beautiful, especially the rookie auto patches!

Eric
Eric

excellent product. in 2 boxes i pulled a galchenyuk PMG /25 and a yak RPA

Alan Wandowski
Alan Wandowski

5 star. Just bought my second case!! Lot’s of short prints. Easy to get your money back ! Patch’s are sharp.

mark
mark

This stuff is crazy good. Its a very fun break and you can do really well pulling several SP and SSP cards. Well worth the price and I would get it before its gone!

cory
cory

$100! My joke of a LCS wants $150….

dave
dave

Thanks Ryan, it sounds like a decent price for the # of cards in the box

dave
dave

how much will boxes of this run? any idea?

Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell

dave It looks like $100-120ish.

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