Time for 3 different Dollarama repacks.
As before, I'm going to recap these in order of cost. Showing off a Hurricanes card and a Golden Knights card in advance of the Stanley Cup Finals is about the most interesting thing here, especially with Jesper Fast blocking the alternate Jets unis.
All cardboard content in the Value Bundle.
Looking at the 2000s pack to start, and I will always believe that Peterborough Petes cards, outside of local sets, which should have some variety, should have the featured player wearing the classic maroon jerseys. I know I complain about the bland, colorless backgrounds on SP Authentic, but here it feels worse, as the player looks to have been shrunk too.
These usually seem to contain two recent cards, and three from the early 90s. When the oldest is a 1993, it at least feels different. Even if 21-22 does show up to rain on the parade.
A couple unexpected sets here. Considering it is an e-pack exclusive, Compendium always feels out of place in a lower end repack, especially when it features a major name. Metal Universe also seems off for these, even if I've already shown off one as the visible cards. It's Jaccob Slavin on that hard to read card, BTW.
I won't show off everything in the Parkhurst pack, but here's a few highlights. The Potvin was probably the best of the bunch. Schlegel was a local guy. There's a couple mask binder cards, and Bob Probert is a fine choice to pair with the other horizontal card to make the scan a little more evening.
A shiny rookie to start the Picks pack. Even if this is in the cheap-o range at COMC, it is of a player who still played in the NHL in 25-26. That's a plus!
A Sens card! And it is a parallel as well! To be specific, it is a blue parallel out of 2023-24 SP Retail. That's enough for me to proclaim this repack the winner of this unofficial battle. But there's still a few more cards left.
Now that is a shiny parallel. It is out of 2022-23 Ice, and the oranges are the second most common of the hobby parallels behind the greens.
Another rookie appearance. Sanford is now playing overseas, but he was part of a Stanley Cup winning team while in the NHL, lifting the trophy as a member of the Blues in 2019.
That's an unexpected ending, even if I've found numbered cards in these
before. This one isn't just a blue parallel. This one is a ROYAL blue parallel. That classier than the mere blue parallel that appeared earlier.
Even if the opening pack was pretty blah, there were still some keepers as I went through everything, and that's all I ask!
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