Category: Collectibles

Sunday Morning Card Show: 2021-22 SP Hockey

By Justin G. | May 21st 2023 | 5 min read |

Welcome back to the semi-recurring series where we talk about hockey cards. There isn’t much going on in the world of the Tampa Bay Lightning right ...

Sunday Morning Card Show: The 2008-09 Upper Deck Set and Steven Stamkos’ Rookie Card

By Justin G. | Sep 13th 2022 | 6 min read |

Welcome to a new, semi-regular feature here at Raw Charge. It’s the Sunday Morning Card Show. From time to time we’ll look at some hockey cards, e...

Random Sunday Morning Lightning Hockey Card

By Justin G. | Sep 12th 2021 | 5 min read |

It’s Sunday. It’s the offseason. What are you doing reading a blog about hockey? Go read a book or something. Well, if you are going to stick arou...

Random Sunday Morning Lightning Hockey Card

By Justin G. | Sep 2nd 2021 | 3 min read |

Back in the early days of the last decade, the Tampa Bay Lightning had a pretty bare cupboard of prospects. New general manager Steve Yzerman used all...

Random Sunday Morning Lightning Hockey Card

By Justin G. | Aug 29th 2021 | 4 min read |

It’s Sunday. It’s the offseason. What are you doing reading a blog about hockey? Go read a book or something. Well, if you are going to stick arou...

Random Sunday Morning Lightning Hockey Card

By Justin G. | Aug 22nd 2021 | 3 min read |

We’re going to go from one number one overall draft pick to another in Lightning history. Last week it was Vincent Lecavalier. This week it is the 2...

A Lightning-based look at 2020-21 Upper Deck SP Game Used Edition

By Justin G. | May 14th 2021 | 4 min read |

If you haven’t noticed, sports trading cards are kind of a big thing right now. Card sales are setting new records seemingly every day, people are w...

A Lightning fan’s look at 2019-20 Upper Deck Allure

By Justin G. | May 7th 2020 | 6 min read |

It’s hockey card time! With a little free time on my hands I decided to pick up some new cards. Right before things went a little wonky around the w...

The game behind the card: Daren Puppa edition

By Justin G. | Mar 3rd 2020 | 6 min read |

As the resident hockey card collector here at Raw Charge, I feel it’s my job to clog your timeline with random posts about outdated pieces of cardbo...

From the back of the closet: A Hedman-sized poster

By Justin G. | Jul 25th 2019 | 5 min read |

There are times when pieces of memorabilia are shoved so far back into the closet that you actually forget you own them. After almost a decade spent l...