Jari Kurri

Retired player.  Purchased on eBay.  Currently serves as General Manager of the Finnish national team.  Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.

A big part of the Edmonton Oilers five Stanley Cups, Jari Kurri scored 601 goals and recorded 1,398 total points in 1,251 regular season NHL games and 106 goals and 233 points in 200 Playoff games with the Oilers, Kings, Rangers, Ducks and Avalanche.  Kurri played for Jokerit of Finland's SM-liiga during the 1994-95 NHL lockout, regular season and playoffs, the team he played for before playing in the NHL.

Curtis Joseph

Fan letter sent March 7, 2011.

2/2 autographed cards received May 13, 2011.

Although he never spent more than six seasons with one team, Joseph was able to make his mark in the NHL with 454 career victories, putting him fourth all-time currently behind Ed Belfour, Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur, and should be one of the top candidates to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame beginning with the 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame inductions, if I have calculated it correctly.  I really hate that I only had Coyotes hockey cards and none of his cards from his days with the Blues, Oilers or Maple Leafs.  Maybe I'll purchase some cheap hockey cards from before the lockout next and hope that I can get some of his older cards the next time I shop on eBay.

Mark Messier

Acquired through NHL Auctions.

I believe that this is the last autograph that I got through my excessive spending spree on NHL Auctions and it shows Mark Messier hoisting the Stanley Cup above his head in Edmonton during his Oilers' retirement ceremony.  I left it out of a frame for a while and therefore the photo is a little bent, but a pretty cool autographed photo, nonetheless.