Friday, 16 May 2025

A Ranger Round-up

 I'm returning to my to-be-posted box for this post, and I'm showing off all the Kitchener Rangers alumni cards contained within.

ITG's Franchises releases are always fun, and there were a lot of names in the set that didn't make many appearances in releases at the time and since then. While that might not be true for Coffey, Bellows definitely isn't a common sight in sets, and this was probably Mike Hough's last card outside of buybacks.
Alternate Threads was an insert set in 2023-24 MVP to highlight teams' reverse retro jerseys. I'm torn between "They should just have used one player to better show off the jersey" and "more players mean more PC opportunities like via Gibson's presence".
Speaking of Gibson, here's a Variante Francaise of his.
Of course airbrushed jerseys count towards the collection. Taylor was a 7th round pick of the Islanders, but never reached the NHL.

Landeskog made his return to the NHL during Colorado's first-round loss to Dallas. He did so after an almost three year absence due to injury. Nothing like taking things easy after a very extended absence. He has still been getting cards during the time off, so that's nice for my collection.
Speaking of the playoffs, Jeff Skinner finally made his playoff debut this season. He made his NHL debut in 2010. For this year, he's played in one game so far - the opener. Still, I bet it was worth the wait.

There you have it!

1 comment:

  1. I loved opening packs of 1995 Signature Rookies hockey. It's too bad none of those guys became superstars (or at least none of the ones I pulled).

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