EMERALD CITY LEGENDS

BY ERIC NORTON

What a glorious time this is for hockey fans in my home town of Seattle. Not only is the city on the verge of getting an NHL team, but interest In the area’s rich hockey history is at an all-time high.

It all got me thinking about the Seattle Metropolitans, the fi rst American team to win the Stanley Cup, and how to collect the Hall of Famers who played for that franchise. It turns out just fi ve men who skated for the Mets were later enshrined. Together, they appear on fewer than 100 cards listed in the Beckett database, keeping the challenge of collecting them all well within the reach of a determined collector, especially one willing to accept lower grade copies.