An Extension

I never managed to find any UD Series 2 in the retail wild. Too many Bedard chasers out there, and I'm really only hunt cards once-a-week if I'm at Walmart. This time, there was a few hanger boxes of Extended there, along with another first for me - a soccer repack. If I collected outside of 2/14 guys, I might have opted for the latter.

Alas,

I still opted for Extended.

First card out hits that sweet spot of a sweet photo, as Rasmus Dahlin makes his entrance at the All-Star Game. Or the Skills Competition. Nice, even if it is 2023's game. 

If the jerseys weren't enough proof they used the previous year's ASG, here's more. Kadri wasn't an all-star this season. Calgary was represented (sorta) by Elias Lindholm, who had actually been traded to Vancouver just prior. Speaking of Vancouver - sweet throwback! Also, an ASG exclusive mask is a sweet way to add a new card to the mask binder.

Sens content! I do have a pile of group break Sens from Extended on the way, so this will end up as a dupe. Still, they're fun to pull!

The insert portion. Simon technically isn't an insert - it's one of those SP'd base cards. When UD runs out of potential rookies to stick in the set, they just make draft pick themed cards. The Dubois can act as a "Oh yeah, he was on the Kings in 23-24" reminder, and the Knies Dazzlers is an orange parallel - retail exclusives.

If you liked that earlier appearance of the Canucks throwbacks, but instead wanted the full look, now you have it  The whip effect on a stick always looks nice with the perfect angle. And there's the second Wings cards (with a Wolverine bonus this time) bound for Ann Arbor.

And there's a bunch more fairly non-standard photos for the finale. 

A perfectly fine break of a hanger box. 

There you have it!