In The Cards: Looking back on Orr’s Blackhawk days

One of the biggest free agent deals took place when the Chicago Blackhawks signed Bobby Orr away from the Boston Bruins in June 1976. Orr's time in Chicago was a forgettable end to his legacy, which also resulted in two terrible hockey cards. For their 1976-77 sets, Topps and O-Pee-Chee -- not yet possessing a photo of Orr with Chicago -- awkwardly painted a 'Hawks uniform onto a picture of the superstar, complete with a doctored logo. Despite the injury-plagued Orr playing 20 games that season, the card companies didn't bother getting an up-to-date picture, and again painted 'Hawks colors on Orr's photo for their 1977-78 sets. It was almost convincing, too, until you notice that he's sitting on the bench next to a Bruins player.