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Anze Kopitar signed puck

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It's a bit surprising that being a Kings fan, I still have yet to get my favorite player's autograph. I recently changed that.  If you're a follower of this blog, you'll notice that lately it has been a lot more hockey stuff that I am obtaining as opposed to the baseball stuff.  The reasoning behind it I think involves a few things.  The first is that having collected signed baseballs so long, I am starting to run out of players that I do not have yet.  That has definitely shrunken the player pool opportunities for me.  Another is that I have been a lot more stingy with whom I choose to get autographs from.  Back when I had season tickets to the Padres I'd get just about any decent player to sign something for me.  I've changed that to Hall of Famers, award winners, or prospects with a decent probability of turning into one of the first two categories.  Lastly, the effort involved is quite frankly tiring.  Being a dad, I don't have the time to go chasing