Both 2016-17 Upper Deck NHL® MVP and 2016-17 Upper Deck Artifacts NHL® release before the start of the season, so only holdover rookies are featured live in the set. The remainder of the rookies are inserted as limited-edition rookie exchange cards with the checklists being determined as young prospects make their debuts and skate in official NHL® games. Even 2015-16 NHL® Portfolio included a small allotment of those cards. Upper Deck is pleased to announce some of those cards today and we will share more details on other products in the coming weeks.

2015-16 NHL® Portfolio
Rookie #1 – Auston Matthews
Rookie #2 – Patrik Laine
Rookie #3 – Jesse Puljujarvi
Rookie #4 – William Nylander
Rookie #5 – Anthony Mantha
Rookie #6 – Pavel Zacha
 

2016-17 Upper Deck NHL® MVP
2016 NHL® #1 Draft Pick Trading Card – Auston Mathews (Toronto Maple Leafs)
2016-17 NHL® MVP Atlantic Division – Brandon Carlo, Nick Baptiste, Tyler Bertuzzi, Mitch Marner, Mikhail Sergachev, Thomas Chabot, Brayden Point and Auston Matthews.
 2016-17 NHL® MVP Metropolitan Division – Sebastian Aho, Zach Werenski, Nick Lappin, Anthony Beauvillier, Jimmy Vesey, Travis Konecny, Jake Guentzel and Jakub Vrana
2016-17 NHL® MVP Central Division – Nick Schmaltz, A.J. Greer, Julius Honka, Joel Eriksson Ek, Pontus Aberg, Tyler Motte, Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor
2016-17 NHL® MVP Pacific Division – Jacob Larsson, Dylan Strome, Matthew Tkachuk, Jesse Puljujarvi, Nic Dowd, Timo Meier, Thatcher Demko and Christian Dvorak.

2016-17 Upper Deck Artifacts NHL®
Roman Numeral Rookies

I – Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)
II – Patrik Laine (Winnipeg Jets)
III – Jesse Puljujarvi (Edmonton Oilers)

IV – Jimmy Vesey (New York Rangers)

V – Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets)

VI – Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers)

VII – Ivan Provorov (Philadelphia Flyers)

VIII – Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets)

IX – Mathew Tkachuk (Calgary Flames)

X – Mikhail Sergachev (Montreal Canadiens)

XI – Dylan Strome (Arizona Coyotes)

XII – Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes)

XIII – Christian Dvorak (Arizona Coyotes)

XIV – Tyler Motte (Chicago Blackhawks)

XV – Jakub Vrana (Washington Capitals)

XVI – Joel Eriksson Ek (Minnesota Wild)

XVII – Brendan Perlini (Arizona Coyotes)

XVIII – Julius Honka (Dallas Stars)

XIX – John Quenneville (New Jersey Devils)

XX – Anthony DeAngelo (Arizona Coyotes)

Team Rookies

The ten Wild Cards are listed below: