Just caught a glimpse of the checklists for this years upcoming products...my favorite things found so far....

UD Series 2
Jordan Leopold in the issue - guy hasn't hit the ice for the Av's in a game, and they are including him in not only base issues, but for jerseys/patches too...

Meanwhile Kurt Sauer still has no Avalanche issue...

Ken Klee, Mark Rycroft - new faces, would be nice to see cards by this issue...(I'll forgive them on Parros, since he hasn't been here that long...)

Steve Konowalchuk - I really do like this guy, but he never stepped foot on the ice this season for the av's. A "carrer accomplishments" type insert highlighting Kono would be a fantastic inclusion, but he has no place in the regular set for 06-07.

Joe Sakic - where are the autograph cards????

Young Guns - looks like there will be 40+ in this release as well...and there better be a whole slew of Paul Stastny inclusions

All UD issues
Patrick Roy - I won't go there in this entry...check previous blog entry on this topic...

Black Diamond - svatos single diamond, you must be kidding???! single diamond...other than a Stastny rookie (if it's included) I won't even bother with this product

Okay now a positive:
UD Artifacts
there is actually a set of jersey/patch cards that looks collectible in this set, and that is saying something, since I cannot stand these normally.