A Few Random Packs

First off, two score retails packs.

Pack 1:
450-Mike Komisarek
422-Barrett Jackman
39-Saku Koivu
370-Scottie Upshall
1-Joe Sakic Season Highlights
508-Justin Mercier
458-Alexandre Burrows Glossy


A rookie and a really nice card of Sakic's '19' being lifted to the rafters, plus a former Flyer.


Pack 2:
445-Kris Versteeg
483-Karl Alzner
345-Sergei Gonchar
229-Tomas Vokoun
285-Shea Weber
501-Nazem Kadri
367-Shane Doan Glossy


One down, one to go. The Kadri and the Subban 'Hot Rookies' are the ones to get.


2008-09 Upper Deck Series 1:
99-Andrei Kostitsyn

15-Pavel Kubina

30-Erik Johnson

79-Brendan Witt

197-Francois Beauchemin

186-Chuck Kobasew

170-Dion Phaneuf

HT8-Vincent Lecavalier Hat Trick Heroes


I didn't really collect this set so these cards are all 'new' to me. Plus the Phaneuf picture rocks.

2009-10 UD Victory Pack 1:
37-Eric Staal
68-Johan Franzen
219-Riku Helenius Rookie
109-Max Pacioretty
20-Clarke MacArthur
196-Alexander Semin

Pacioretty is the only new card I pulled from this pack. I already had two Helenius'.

Pack 2:
13-David Krejci
114-Shea Weber
GB36-Shane Doan Game Breakers
21-Derek Roy
160-#87
198-Sergei Fedorov

Roy and Doan are new, the rest are doubles.





P.S. Does anyone know if Score is gonna have a series 2 update?

The pictures will all appear in a period of days.

Pack Breakin' for the Holidays

I have enough shirts to last me through two weeks.
I have enough pants.
I even own a drawer full of underwear.
So when Christmas comes around and people ask me "Hey. What do you want for Christmas?" I think of all the great cards out there, like Bobrovsky's Young Guns and vintage parallel or maybe Bobrovsky's OPC and OPC vintage parallel. All together I received 418 cards and I still have some junk wax era cards coming from Dave and Adam's Card World. Altogether, it's been a great holiday.


(My new laptop is okay too.)

2010-11 Black Diamond Pack Breaks

The first cards I will be sharing with you are the six packs of Black Diamond I opened. I have never been a huge fan of the set, due to it being more high end than the sets I ussually look to buy. I would scan every card but they are way too shiny and it looks awful.

Pack 1:
83-T.J. Oshie
47-Jamie Langenbrunner
81-Scott Hartnell
7-Ville Leino
34-Blake Wheeler

Two Flyers in a pack is the best I've done in a while. I usually have a hell of a time trying to pull a Flyer. A good pack. Okay, mediocre pack. No. Good pack.

Pack 2:
52-J.S. Giguere
72-Jakub Voracek
107-Ilya Bryzgalov Double Diamond
62-Rene Bourque
68-Joe Pavelski

Sweet, a double diamond.

Pack 3:
88-Saku Koivu
73-Alex Burrows
20-Nik Antropov
76-Rick Dipietro
64-Victor Hedman

Another okay pack.

Pack 4:
65-Tomas Kaberle
67-Mike Fisher
209-Oliver Ekman-Larsson Rookie Gems Quad Diamond
46-Tim Gleason
42-Brendan Morrow

Three olympians, and a pretty awesome rookie card.

Pack 5:
14-Dustin Brown
44-Kari Lehtonen
82-Ryan Malone
8-Marty Turco
37-Jonas Hiller

A native Ithacan, and three goalies.

Pack 6:
5-Olli Jokinen
86-Vaclav Vinny Prospal
150-Marc-Andre Fleury Triple Diamond
69-Guillaume Latendresse
21-Patrick Sharp

Two former Flyers and a dude I hate on a pretty good card.


Not bad... stay tuned for more breaks...

Merry Christmas

It's been awhile. I have a new less irritating computor so I can actually blog consistantly now. I have opened many a pack since I've last blogged. I'll start posting tommorow.

If You've Watched The Flyers This Year...

You know a few things about this years team. Such as:

Scott Hartnell could shell out five bucks for a skate sharpening.
Get up you fool!

Nikolai Zherdev recently watched a Youtube video about the history of the Spin-O-Rama.
Third times the charm.

The refs aren't exactly Philly Phans.
20, two minutes for... Height.

They play more aggressive on the Penalty Kill than Even Strength, or Power Play for that matter.
We better be shorthanded or I'll miss.

James van Riemsdyk has apparently never heard of this Sophomore Jynx.
Soft what?

Sean O'Donnell reminds one of Moe Howard, and not just in attitude.
What are you crackin' wise.

If you haven't noticed these things, you obviously haven't seen a Flyers game this season.

Playing State Rival Again

For those who don't know, the game starts at 6:00 tonight. Laviolette smartened up and played Bobrovsky tonight. Also, Andreas Nodl is playing in his first game of the 2010-11 season. He has been swapped in for... Leino? Carcillo? I think it's the latter. Yes, Carcillo has been scratched so the power play... Nodl on the Power Play? I don't know what is going on but if we have to call up Andreas Nodl to play on the PP unit we're in trouble. How about we trade a certain bird-dog for someone who can stay on their feet. I hate the FSN Pitt play-by-play, color, people. They really put the anal in analyst.

Let's Talk Rookies. For The Last Time.

This is the last Let's Talk Rookies post. If you missed any they're all here.

Tampa Bay:
Dana Tyrell - Not much to say here.

Not many rookie choices in Tampa.

Toronto:
Nazen Kadri - 96 points in 56 OHL games last year, adding 27 in 12 games in the playoffs.

Strong candidate for Calder.

Vancouver:
Cody Hodgson - 20 in 13 games before injury sidelined him.

Top prospect until injuries hit.

Washington:
Marcus Johansson - Very smart player who played in Farjestad last year.

The Swedish Center, that's right, I went there.

Okay, So I'm A Little Pissed.

Not only does Philly's power play stink, but Laviolette went with Boucher. Again. Lavvy, I'm speechless.
Who else thinks Simon Gagne looks bad in blue. It just aint right.
Not only this, but I learned Tom Scholz is making a new album under the name Boston. Are you kidding me, Brad Delp (rest in peace) is deceased and you can't change the name. I mean Tom is the only original member left. Not only THAT, but there is a WOMAN in the damn band. AAAAAHHHHHH!!! Tom, I hope you don't think this album is going platinum, or gold for that matter.

Winter Classic Concepts

Do you remember this? Well if you don't, here's the scoop: I hate the penguins(who doesn't), therefore them being in the Winter Classic again pisses me off. Why should they get to repeat while the Rangers or Hurricanes haven't been in on it yet. So I have devised my own Winter Classic scheme for the next few seasons. Without further adou, Winter Classic 2011:


Relax, it was my first one. They do get better. Invesco Field, Denver, Colorado, January 1, 2011. It was gonna be in Minnesota, but I had already colored the jerseys. I brought gold back to Minnesota and used Nord's colors for the Avs.

Also, thank you NHL Uniforms and Chris Creamer.

I Have A Feeling...

I have a feeling that Sergei Bobrovsky is the new Steve Mason, Cam Ward, or maybe even Patrick Roy. I might be getting ahead of myself but his name has been on my blog 5, no, 6 times now. Not to mention this from a previous post, "Philadelphia's Sergei Bobrovsky puts together a Steve Mason-esqe season and wins the Calder Trophy as best rookie..." This may seem a little steep for just two games. I don't care. The last time I liked a rookie this much, well let's just say he is a captain, wears 18 and has lead our team in points for two of the last three seasons. That's right when Jeff Carter, and R.J. Umberger, and Antero Niittymaki beat Richards out for Flyers rookie of the year I still knew he was special. He was my favorite all year. Among other Flyers rookies I have favored Steve Downie, Claude Giroux/Luca Sbisa, and James van Riemsdyk. Two of which are league known, one is getting better as the days progress, and the last will be a Timonen-like player. So, in this being the first goalie, I still feel confident. Hey Laviolette, do us all a favor and keep Bob in net.