Question for collectors of new hockey cards

[Anish]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Short printed is a relative term, given how many PSA 10s and BGS 9.5s of the Young Guns there are.

Yup. But theyre still signifiantly scarcer than the base cards.

[PowderedH2O]

This is the logic that keeps me from buying. I won't start a set I can't complete. Ugh.

[sedin26]

This is also what keeps me away from most anything beyond the 80's - I don't like the planned scarcity and purposeful short prints. I like to build a complete set and if I know I can't I don't see the point in starting (unless it's something like 1952 Topps baseball, where I can do just the Low numbers)

[aro13]

It depends on how highly you value the RC's. You can complete Upper Deck MVP sets from about 2005 to 2010 and then switch to Score or OPC. The RC's are not expensive and the sets can be completed fairly easily.