Guaranteed!

I hit WalMart tonight and see a box that says "Hockey trading cards, 16 packs plus 2 memorabilia cards guaranteed per box". Is there likely anything great in here? No. But how many blasters have two memorabilia cards in each box? None. Let's at least give it a shot, I think.

Two jerseys are a Steve Sullivan 06-07 SPGU Authentic Fabrics jersey and a Sergei Samsonov 05-06 UD jersey. Maybe my two year old wants to play with them. Hey, I've had blasters where I haven't even got an insert in. Can't complain that much.

Looks to be all retail, but a decent mix.

• 3 packs 1997 Collectors Choice
• 2 packs 06-07 MVP retail
• 1 pack 06-07 Ultra retail
• 1 pack 06-07 UD Series 1 retail
• 1 pack 07-08 MVP retail
• 4 packs 07-08 Ultra retail
• 1 pack 07-08 Victory
• 2 packs 07-08 O-Pee-Chee
• 1 pack 08-09 O-Pee-Chee

Let's go in that order.

COLLECTORS CHOICE
Pack 1 - Roenick, Roy, McSorley, Svehla, Chippy's Hobby Guide Checklist (Gretzky on front)
Well, I've heard of all of them!

Pack 2 - Palffy, Koivu, Khristich, National Heroes Joe Thornton, Magic Men Patrick Roy
The Thornton is a nice pull, and the Magic Men cards are 1:32. Not horrible.

Pack 3 - Grier, Twist, Domi, Miller, National Heroes Judy Diduck
Aside from Ms Diduck apparently wanting to eat her hockey stick..... well, there's more packs to open.

06-07 MVP
Pack 1 - Weight, Gomez, Ruutu, Eminger, Hemsky, Boyle, Raycroft, Frank Doyle RC
Huh.

Pack 2 - Tucker, Frolov, Ribiero, Cheechoo, Parrish, Guerin, Bertuzzi, Mats Sundin Clutch Performers
All of the cards were damaged in the top right corner. One of the dangers of buying retail repacks.

06-07 UD SERIES 1
Pack 1 - Michalek, Salo, Prucha, Satan, UD Propoganda card, Theodore, Morrisonn, Lang, Leneveu
Huh.

06-07 ULTRA
Pack 1 - Prospal, Klesla, Peca, Giguere, Budaj, Miller, Hunter, Ohlund Gold Medallion
Huh.

07-08 MVP
Pack 1 - Svatos, Guerin, Markov, Zhitnik, Green, Vlasic, Lapierre, Tomas Popperle RC
06-07 and 07-08 MVP look almost embarassingly similar. To the point where it's clear that UD mailed MVP in those years. Not that UD mailing it in is any kind of interesting news.

07-08 ULTRA
Pack 1 - Jason Blake, Mikko Koivu Gold, Ryan Callahan Rookie, Naslund, Gaborik
A rookie was in this pack. As was a gold card. And 3 other cards.

Pack 2 - Lehtinen, Daniel Sedin, Tanguay Gold, Afinogenov, Dumont
There's a gold in every pack, this isn't luck.

Pack 3 - Souray, Bergeron, Kaberle Gold, Bonk, Niitymaki
Huh.

Pack 4 - McDonald, Vyborny, Jason Blake Gold, Difference Makers Martin Brodeur, Murray
The Difference Makers card is a weak effort. Just looks weird.

07-08 VICTORY
Pack 1 - Olli Jokinen, Mike Richards, Rafalski, Phaneuf, Redden, Stars On Ice Jaromir Jagr
Huh.

07-08 O-PEE-CHEE
Pack 1 - Green, Perry, Moore, Cleary, Matt Smaby Marquee Rookies, Chelios
I'm still collecting this set, so maybe I need some of these.

Pack 2 - Richardson, Giguere, Corvo, Mike Smith, Brad Richards, Sydor Micromotion
I'm still collecting this set, so maybe I need some of these.

08-09 O-PEE-CHEE
Pack 1 - Forsberg, Joseph, Henrik Sedin, Marleau, Biron, Abdelkader Retro
Huh.

I got 2 memorabilia cards and 16 packs of cards. So I can't complain. But this was a one off purchase, clearly.