Chris Osgood

Date sent: May 23, 2011
Date received: July 9, 2012
Total time: 413 days
Total players responses: 521
Total 2012 responses: 124

Definitely one of my longer returns, this time from Chris Osgood. Chris is a retired NHL player who was best known for playing for the Detroit Red Wings. He made temporary stops in both St.Louis and NY but eventually returned back to the team that had drafted him 54th overall. I'm definitely happy to get Chris' autograph to add to my collection. Thanks Chris!

Tomas Holmstrom

Date sent: February 26, 2012
Date received: May 2, 2012
Total time: 66 days
Total players responses: 520
Total 2012 responses: 123

A great return from Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom. Tomas has spent his entire career in front of the net and is definitely one of the best at screening goaltenders. Drafted well into the later rounds (257th overall), he has been a gem of a player and shows how well the Red Wings staff are at identifying diamonds in the rough. Thanks for the autograph Tomas!

Johan Franzen

Date sent: August 24, 2012
Date received: September 13, 2012
Total time: 20 days
Total players responses: 512
Total 2012 responses: 115

A nice return from Johan Franzen from my SP Essentials set. I"m super happy with this as I'm starting to see returns from the set I'm trying to collect. I've received previous Johan TTM returns from him in the past, so I knew that this one shouldn't have been difficult to achieve. Thanks for the autograph Johan!

Mike Modano

Date sent: August 24, 2012
Date received: September 6, 2012
Total time: 13 days
Total players responses: 492
Total 2012 responses: 95

A real quick return from one of the best American born players to have played the game.  Mike Modano signed this SP Essentials card for me, a set which I am trying to collect.  He signed it perfectly to where I wanted it to be.  I hope this wasn't a ghost signed card, anybody can tell if it was?

Bernie Federko

Date sent: February 26th, 2012
Date received: March 14th, 2012
Total time: 17 days
Total players responses: 437
Total 2012 responses: 40

A nice autograph from Bernie Federko who is a former top 10 draft pick in the 70s.  Bernie is a HHOF inductee and has some legendary stats to go along with that honor.  He has played in 1,000 games and 1,100+ points to show for.  He holds numerous records for St.Louis, in which he played 13 seasons for.  Of course, I happen to have his card for the ONLY season which he didn't play for the Blues, which would be Detroit and be the final year in his career.  Thanks for the autograph Bernie!

Dan Cleary

Date sent: January 19th, 2011
Date received: October 12th, 2011
Total time: 266 days
Total players responses: 336
Total 2011 responses: 331

A professional ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings, Daniel Cleary is a former 1st round, 13th overall draft pick, selected by the Chicago Blackhawks.  As with many players who have had lengthy contracts with Detroit, Dan has won a Stanley Cup with the Wings in 2008.  He, as well as the rest of the Wings are hoping that they'll be able to return to form this season. 

Valtteri Filppula

Date sent: June 22nd, 2011
Date received: October 12th, 2011
Total time: 112 days
Total players responses: 334
Total 2011 responses: 329

Valtteri Filppula is a member of the Detroit Red Wings.  He's averaged about 40 points a season and has been a pretty durable player.  At age 27, he's won a Stanley Cup with the Wings, which is to no surprise as the Wings have been able to consistently get to the post season.  Good luck this season Val!

Tomas Holmstrom

Date sent: January 26th, 2011
Date received: October 11th, 2011
Total time: 258 days
Total players responses: 328
Total 2011 responses: 323

Swedish born Tomas Holmstrom has currently played for one NHL team, the Detroit Red Wings.  I definitely don't see him leaving the team as he exemplifies what a Red Wing is.  Tomas was drafted 257th overall, continuing the trend of great, great players whom are drafted late in the NHL entry draft.  Thanks Tomas!

Johan Franzen

Date sent: June 28th, 2011
Date received: July 13th, 2011
Total time: 15 days
Total players responses: 278
Total 2011 responses: 273

A nice return from Johan "The Mule" Franzen.  The Mule is a great player (especially in front of the net) and apparently a great TTM signer!  I believe these cards were sent to the Detroit Red Wings (or maybe his house, I don't keep track!), but came back just two weeks later.  He graciously signed some of my cards and personalized them to "Michl", which I assume is probably the equivalent to Michael in Swedish!

Jimmy Howard

Date sent: January 26th, 2011
Date received: July 7th, 2011
Total time: 162 days
Total players responses: 269
Total 2011 responses: 264

Sweet, a good return from Jimmy Howard from the Detroit Red Wings.  Jimmy earned top spot on the Wings within the past few years, which is really good to see for this 64th overall draft pick from 2003.  In 2010, he was a nominee for the Calder Memorial Trophy, which is given to the Rookie of the Year.  He eventually lost to Tyler Myers of the Buffalo Sabres, but still had a fantastic season that year.  Thanks for the nice auto Jimmy!

Jonathan Ericsson

Date sent: January 15th, 2011

Date received: June 17th, 2011
Total time: 153 days

Total players responses: 260

Total 2011 responses: 255

Jonathan Ericsson is here to stay!  This past season, he played the most games he's played in the NHL.  It definitely helps when you have one of the best NHL defensemen in Nicklas Lidstrom playing on your team to take the pressure off of you.  In 2008, Jonathan signed a nice three year, 2.7 million dollar contract.  Great job Jonathan!  

Mikael Samuelsson

Date sent: January 19th, 2011

Date received: April 18th, 2011
Total time: 89 days
Total players responses: 238
Total 2011 responses: 233

Sammy has been such a solid signer and TTM responder through my short autographing career.  He's always extremely courteous and kind.  It's players like these that really make me appreciate the effort they put into pleasing their fans.  Thanks Mikael!

Henrik Zetterberg

Date sent: January 15th, 2011
Date received: February 17th, 2011
Total time: 33 days
Total players responses: 58
Total 2011 responses: 53

Henrik Zetterberg is one of the premier players in the NHL.  He plays for the Detroit Red Wings along with Pavel Datsyuk.  Drafted 210th overall in 1999 (fantastic drafting by the Red Wings!), Henrik has played his entire career with the Wings.  Some of the awards he's won include Calder Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy, Stanley Cup and Viking Award.  Great player, but be sure to only send him one card at a time! I definitely need another auto from this great superstar.

Marc Habscheid

Date sent: December 21st, 2010
Date received: January 12th, 2011
Total time: 22 days
Total players responses: 7
Total 2011 responses: 2 


Unfortunately, I was not able to watch Marc play hockey, but I've seen him coach the World Juniors to gold in 2004 and silver, in 2005.  He also helped coach during 2006 for the Olympics.  He played in the NHL between 1981 - 1996 for the Oilers, North Stars, Wings and Flames.  Good player, but great coach!