The Dallas Stars are off to a historic start for the franchise this season, powered by a pair of ... stars whose cardboard might have room to grow.

Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn have combined for 27 points in 17 games, and, according to the NHL, the team is off to its best 17-game start in the 48-year history of the franchise. The team is 13-4-0 so far this season.

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Leaf Trading Cards is offering collectors two ways to get their redemptions fulfilled while its redemption site is being repaired following a recent hacking attempt.

"No damage was done to our database nor was any customer information compromised," Leaf CEO Brian Gray said. "Unfortunately, the site's infrastructure suffered some damage and repairs are necessary before [the] site can be accessible at this time."

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

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How hot is the Young Guns RC of Connor McDavid even after his recent injury that will leave him sidelined for a chunk of this season?

Well, if the $200 price tags didn't tell you enough, then this should.

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Given the size of the box for 2015 Leaf Memorabilia Vault, we should all know that -- literally -- big things are possible when we see the seal broken and the items start to emerge.

On Thursday morning, more than one box of this all-memorabilia product packing 10 items inside was busted via BlowoutTV with the buyer getting their drafted choice of item for $100.

What would you choose from a case? Keep reading and you can see the 10 items that were found inside. You make the call on what you might take -- let us know in a comment.

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Nikita Kucherov might be a bit of a hobby anomaly these days as one of those players who didn't have a signed Rookie Card -- or at least something -- signed and available shortly after he hit the ice.

But now, two seasons after his debut and a season after he scored 65 points and earned his first All-Star nod, he finally has signed RCs -- his only certified autographs -- that can be found in packs of 2015-16 Upper Deck Buybacks.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

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Hockey fans know that the Young Guns debut of No. 1 draft pick Connor McDavid is a big deal with the arrival of 2015-16 Upper Deck Series 1 this week.

But for those of you who might not realize how big of a deal he is, we present these eBay sales prices for copies of card No. 201 in the set.

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What: 2015-16 Upper Deck Star Rookies hockey cards
Arrives: February
Hobby box basics: 25-card boxed set -- 20 sets per case 

What's buzz-worthy: The NHL's No. 1 overall draft pick Connor McDavid will drive sales here along with 24 other newcomers from the latest NHL rookie crop all found inside. The main draw? One autographed parallel card per case.

See images of the autographs below.

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There are 10 new products on tap for this coming week with the newest Upper Deck Young Guns on the ice, the first college-focused baseball release from Panini America and a new gridiron rainbow from Panini Prizm going up against Topps' latest version of Finest.

Phenom Connor McDavid paces the pack of Young Guns and he'll be the first rookie on the checklist of 50 NHL newcomers found in the product. Joining him will be Artemi Panarin, Dylan Larkin and Max Domi to name a few, while No. 2 pick Jack Eichel will appear in Series 2 but be found in Series 1 boxes on a UD Canvas card.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

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After a recent interactive vote from collectors that helped decide its image, Upper Deck revealed the Young Guns Rookie Card for No. 1 draft pick Connor McDavid on Thursday.

Here's how the card will look when it arrives in packs of 2015-16 Upper Deck Series 1 when it arrives in stores on Nov. 5.

>> Click here to pre-order Upper Deck hockey cards

If you're in Canada, you know all about Tim Hortons' coffee and donuts, but there's one bit of information these days that might make a visit to the shop even more appealing.

There are packs of Upper Deck hockey cards that include redemptions for Sidney Crosby autographs and one of the earliest cards of No. 1 draft pick Connor McDavid -- and they can only be bought at the chain's stores. Because of that, demand for these rarer redemptions has been high.

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Bobby Orr is one of hockey's all-time greats and he's got a pair of championships to prove it along with countless other pieces of NHL hardware.

However, this perfect BVG 10 copy of Orr's 1966-67 Topps Rookie Card shows yet another way that he remains one of the greatest. How? It's got more than 400 people watching on eBay to see whether it sells -- and its asking price is not to be believed.

How much? Well, let's just say it puts most of his playing-days paydays to shame.