Alex DeBrincat earns first-star honors and sees big gains on his rookie card market to start the season.
The Detroit Red Wings have been the early season surprise to start the year with a 5-1 record, averaging a league-leading five goals per game.
Alex DeBrincat's goal-scoring bender has been a big reason for Detroit's hot start to the year. The 25-year-old Michigan native was acquired this summer from the Ottawa Senators and quickly extended long-term with the Wings and has been worth every penny so far.
DeBrincat was named first star of the week by the NHL on Monday after recording five goals and three assists for eight total points through four games. This recognition comes a day after recording a hat trick against Calgary in Detroit’s 6-2 win over the Flames.
So let’s take a look at how his hockey card market is performing after a big week.
According to CardLadder.com, DeBrincat’s flagship PSA 10 Young Guns is up 38% since the start of the season. The sales history feature of the website shows a $112 CAD sale for this card on October 14th, just a couple of days after the year began. Since then, the Wings’ sniper has gotten off to a blazing hot start with a league-leading eight goals and 12 points to this point in the season.
Goals are gold in the hockey card market, which is the main reason why DeBrincat rookie cards have increased by 38% over the past two weeks with the last recorded sale being purchased for $155.31 CAD. Not too shabby!
So is this the time to buy or sell this card?
Well, it really depends on how well you think DeBrincat and the Red Wings will do this season. It is possible, after all, that the soon-to-be 26-year-old could be in the midst of a career year.
One thing that would worry me about whether or not he can continue this torrid pace, however, is his 42% shooting thus far into the season. That’s just not sustainable. So maybe now is the time to take advantage of a hot week with his cards reaching 2023 highs.
That said, a move back to a larger market like Detroit should allow for more buzz and higher demand for DeBrincat, especially if he continues to score. So perhaps we could see his PSA 10 Young Guns jump back into the $200+ range.
According to Cardladder.com, the highest ever recorded sale of DeBrincat’s PSA 10 Young Guns was $465 CAD on February 24th, 2022. However, that sale was from when the hobby was reaching all-time highs. The market has been down significantly since then, with Debrincat’s card market specifically down 66% since then.
What game plan do you have when it comes to Alex DeBrincat’s collectibles market?