Misc 2/14s from Various Sources

 As the title says, 2/14 stuff from sportlots, tcdb, PWEs and ones I've had sitting around in my collection for way too long without posting them.

This is definitely one of those "How did I not have this card already?" moment. A base flagship card, missing? I guess with all the teams Clippard was on, I missed one. 

Another mainstream base card I don't have. I actually seem to have way too many card of Dravecky on my wantlist, mostly glossy/O-Pee-Chee/Tiffany variants. But I did add an important one to my COMC inventory very recently.

Speaking of Tiffany entries - here's two of those.

The baseball portion ends with this entry from a PWE onslaught (OK, 2 envelopes) that has showed up this week from Kerry @ Cards on Cards. There might even be more to come that has been stuck in postal hell.

The hockey stuff was entirely in the "waited too long to post" category. To the point I couldn't tell whe I'd acquired the cards. But at least this Hejduk was new.

As were 2/3rds of these Gaboriks. The Crown Royale was the only dupe. It puts him only a couple cards behind Hejduk to lead the hockey portion of the collection, even if Marian has a one-card lead at TCDB thanks to a couple Leaf issues that aren't listed at the site for Hejduk.

It isn't the most exciting start to the football portion of this post with the practice photo, but the football coloured border is nice.

Jeff Graham looks absolutely terrified to have been the one with the football in this photo.

Still, it does have one of my favourite things that could happen in early Stadium Club releases - the self-referential rookie card on the back.

Finally, here's a nice little entry for David Garrard. I'm so used to Upper Deck neglecting colour in favour of white and foil for their recent releases that I'm happy to see some of the team colour as part of the design. Also, the photo background isn't completely wiped.

Also, appreciate the magnificence of that East Carolina Pirates logo! It's almost enough to make me add this card to the binder backwards!

Almost.

There you have it!

Bring a Friend!

 

It is photo day. Why do it alone?

Of Course it Counts

 

Why wouldn't I add a baseball mask to my mask collection, especially when I have a non-NHL binder as part of the collection?

2026 Adventures in Repacks - Part 5 - Something New

 

Something new in repack land. It looks to be a collection of inserts and parallels. I'll try any repack at least once. What are the 5 cards in here aside from the visible opener?

But first, here's a better view of the opener. It is certainly shiny, and better yet, it is a rookie that is still in the league as I type this up. That's a nice bonus. This is from 21-22, and it is the oldest

#2 is an insert from 24-25 flagship Series 2. Although the inserts are far less desired if you're a COMC user that can pick them up for little more than a quarter than they were before e-packs. Still, at least they did use the skyline appropriate for the city as opposed to a generic one.

Here's the big winner of the pack. It's a certain addition to the mask binder, with classic Kings colours sported by a Hall of Famer. This becomes the third release year to appear in this post, with 23-24 SP Authentic being the source.

And here's year #4, with 22-23 SP Authentic providing the source for this Limited/Red parallel of Brandt Clarke. Another rookie still in the league! Nice!

And finally a repeat year, as 22-23 goes back to back. This is the least-interesting entry in the pack, but it is still a parallel, coming from that year's factory set.

The Vachon was enough to make me willing to try at least another one of these.

I'm throwing in a value pack as a show-off bonus.

All 2021-22 flagship? That is a dull pack. At least DeBrusk is wearing an alternate jersey. 

The 5-card pack was far more interesting. Firstly, there's Richter's famous SoL mask. There's Kyle Turris doing stick/puck tricks.

And my first true Utah Mammoth card! That's a good thing about 25-26 flagship already showing up in repacks. Releases like MVP and Artifacts still had Utah Hockey Club logos on their cards. 

The Captains pack provided a card from an unexpected source - SP Signature Edition Legends, which was a set made up of retired players, and was really fun to look through for "Wow. This guy got a card in a 2020 set!" vibes. 

There you have it!

E-packing

 

Today, I'm going through some of the cards I either acquired through e-pack, or acquired cheaply on COMC because of e-pack. It is really a Sisyphusean effort to try and clear out my COMC to-be-posted box.

Random Sens acquisition!

The Silver parallels out of e-pack might be a gimmicky addition to the flagship rainbows, but at least they've become more scannable over the past several seasons. Or at least less likely to make me feel guilty over having a dirty scanner.

Compendium in 2016-17 has, in retrospect, provided a nice opportunity to land some inexpensive rookie cards.

Jordan Szwarz only got 1 other Upper Deck NHL card, getting one and associated parallels in 2013-14 Ultimate. That's probably why I miss Compendium as an e-pack product - the deep checklist.

A Rookie might even get an interesting photo for their card. Spencer only got to enter the ice for 4 NHL games, but picked up 2 goals in those games.

I picked up one of these for a previous mailer to TMV, but I just had to get one for myself of Zach Hyman rocking the Heritage Classic jersey. There are also Flames options from that game, but it is incredibly bland in comparison.

A couple AHL cards. I traded for the Lyon on e-pack due to the mask he's wearing. Pennywise! Sadly, the Tim Curry version isn't on the other side of it. As for the Wolfpack card, I'm not sure. I probably pulled it in a pack and decided I like the logo.

The finale is a game-dated moments entry. While I'd rather have a picture of Alex Nedeljkovic firing the puck the length of the ice to complete his 2-point night, but his celebration was pretty memorable as well.

And shouldn't an interesting card make you happy?

But there you have it!

Bills! Bills! Bills!

 Back to the TMV mailer, and all the Bills content within, or Buffalo in the case of this unlicensed issue.

The Bills content in the mailer was certainly a hit parade. These were the only ones, other than the Bruce Smith opener that didn't have a swatch or autograph to go alongside with it. Diggs is easily the most successful of the bunch, lapping the group both in terms of on-field performance and legal issues. 

Let's see the relics. While I probably should pick the Josh Allen entry as my favourite in this grouping, I'm going to have to pick the Mike Williams entry instead. That's because that was seemingly the draft jersey he's holding in the picture that was used for the card. I'll take that over the "not any specified game or event" nowadays. And I'm not left guessing as to what the third swatch is like on Allen's. I'm guessing glove, but if Panini won't say, how am I to say with certainty?

Here's the autos. My favourite in the bunch is the /99 Harrison Phillips. His draft announcement was an emotional moment, as it was announced by Bills mega-fan Pancho Billa, who was fighting cancer at the time and would pass away over a year later. Jeff Tuel almost became the first undrafted rookie to start a Week 1 game, but they opted for EJ Manuel in the days up to the game to start off yet another forgettable season. The Roscoe Parrish on the bottom is a dupe, but I'll be sure that it ends up in a good home.

And why not the best of both worlds? As I've said before, it is amazing that Edwards doesn't make the Top 3 list of QB regrets from post-Kelly, pre-Allen years.

There you have it!

2026 Adventures in Repacks - Part 4 - Valued Again

 And yet another Dollarama repack.

Here's the contents.

The 90s pack existed. It sure did. 

The Miscellaneous pack was a lot more interesting. There's a pair of foil-y additions to my mask binder, although I kinda hope that the Barrasso is a dupe, because it is one of more scratched cards I've ever pulled from a repack. LaFontaine makes it a pair of HOFers in this pack.

My Original Six pack did provide 3 Bruins cards. I'm certain that Dennis @ TMV must already have a copy of that Cam Stewart entry, so I'll hold on to this one of the local product.

And the Bruins content continues with the hit. Ahcan has been spending more time in the AHL as opposed to the NHL since this card's issue, but he's still playing on this side of the Atlantic bouncing between the Colorado Avalanche and the Colorado Eagles.

Let's do one of the two. As usual, this was the first one on the hanger pegs.

An insert and a Timmies card?  The Zegras photo is kinda different too! That's a nice little 4-card repack!

There you have it!

Annual 2/14 Post

Things are a little different this year. Because of a delay in shipping from COMC, I don't have all the cards in the countdown this year in hand. I was originally given a ship-date of early January off a late November request. Now it is back to 2/27. So, I'm relying on images from TCDB, UD's e-pack site, and ebay to fill in the gaps of cards that should have arrived by now. 

Ones supposed to arrive after 2/14 don't count, and like in previous years, I will limit it to cards that were released within the last calendar year.

#12:

Starting it off with a familiar face to the collection is Jadeveon Clowney's 2025 Mosaic entry. I like the rarity of this (and its parallels) probably being the only chance for an appearance by him into the collection with the Panthers, as he spent this past season in Dallas.

#11:

This gets the nod as the Score base entry over Tyler Bass because seeing Bledsoe as veteran content in modern sets isn't strange, but seeing him with the Bills is. It also means I'm leading this year's post off with a pair of #1 draft picks.

#10:

Both Logan VanWey and Brad Lord entered the collection this year off their entries in Update. VanWey gets the nod solely based on the socks.

#9:

Timmies card! I love 'Moments' cards. In this case the Monumental Moment is Nikolaj Ehlers becoming the top-point getter among Danish-born players with an assist against Tampa Bay to surpass Frans Neilsen's 473.

#8:

I'm not the biggest fan of such a busy design on what is essentially a minor-league entry, but I'm definitely going to salute the first G-League cards I added into my collection with this one, which was the only one that would be eligible for this list. At least it is a numbered parallel.

#7:

Some love for the ladies' side of the miscellaneous side of the collection here. If Ian Jackson had nicer penmanship on his card, I'd probably pick him for this. 

#6:

 

Hey! It is recent Super Bowl winner Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He became the 9th member of this collection to earn that title. I'm giving this one the nod over the Celebration entry in 2025 Score exactly because of the content the insert set provided - a Throwback jersey. Even the design doesn't impede the uniform being displayed, as you have the most important things about a Seattle throwback - the helmet and sleeve logo.

Bonus for the shoes also matching.

#5:

Topps Now! Another Moment type card, but this one gets pushed up above Ehlers thanks to it being the closest thing Mitch Farris has had yet in terms of a mainstream release.

#4:

Heritage and a City connect jersey! It does seem like an odd pairing, but I'll give it a pass. I did have a blue parallel as part of a later COMC shipment, but since that wasn't originally scheduled to arrive before February, I won't count it.

#3:

The required Jim Kelly appearance in this list. Jim only topped this list one time, with his 1/1 from 2024 Score. Tyler Bass and Petr Mrazek were the only ones to top this list more than once and Jadeveon Clowney is the only one on the list this year to have topped it in a previous year.

#2:

I was going back-and-forth with this card and the eventual #1 card in this spot. I probably opted to have this in the lower spot simply because there were so many options for Lane Hutson entries to add to the collection, considering both cards that are arranged to be shipped, and in-hand. I opted for this one simply because it gives such a nice view of the classic Habs sweater.

#1:

And here's the #1 pick. While there were many options for Hutson, the lack of options for John Farinacci made the acquisition of a card of his more of a challenge. I can appreciate there being a chase for someone's debut in the collection, which happened several years back with Tyler Bass and his contenders auto, who also lacked many choices.

FWIW, here are all the top spot holders from previous years.

2025 - 2024 Panini Instant - Tyler Bass PR 117

2024 - 2023 Score Gem Masters - Jim Kelly 1/1

2023 - 2022 Heritage Minor League Green - Gabriel Moreno /75

2022 - 2021 Chronicles Classics - Yermin Mercedes

2021 - 2020 Contenders Tyler Bass Auto

2020 - 2019 Chronicles Absolute Autograph - Abiatal Avelino

2019 - 2018 UD CFL Autographs - Marc-Olivier Brouillette

2018 - 16-17 UD S1 - Petr Mrazek

2017 - 15-16 UD Portfolio - Petr Mrazek

2016 - 14-15 UD S1 - Eric Nystrom

2015 - 2014 Certified - Jadeveon Clowney RPA /199

2014 - 13-14 Score Milan Hejuk - 1000th game

And how they were acquired, with the secondary market being the source if not specified:

Pack-pulled: Moreno /75, Chronicles Mercedes, S1 Mrazek, S1 Nystrom, Score Hejduk

Group break: Jim Kelly 1/1, Tyler Bass auto, Clowney RPA

There you have it!