Figured the folks here at HF Van would get a kick out of my miserable luck.
So I've had a bunch of Air Miles accumulating for a while. I like collecting hockey jerseys and memorabilia, so my interest was piqued by the AJ Sports World Mystery Box - every box includes 1 autographed jersey, 1 autographed 8x10 photo, and 1 autographed puck. Completely random - could be a current NHLer (McDavid! Panarin! Marner! screamed the advertisements), or a retired Hall of Famer (Orr! Howe! Lafleur! screamed the adverts). So I talked it over with Mrs. C and we thought the idea of unpacking a mystery box would be kind of fun, and in the absence of being able to use our miles to go anywhere, we decided why not?
So today, the box arrives. My boys come over to join in the unboxing.
First up - the photo. An 8x10 of Aaron Ekblad of the Florida Panthers. Not bad.
Second up - the puck. Autographed by Nashville's Pekka Rinne. Also pretty solid!
Then the jersey. I can see it's blue (dare I hope it's Canucks?), but I also immediately note it's not the right shade. So not the Canucks. I can't see the number. All I can see is the nameplate.
Clarkson.
That's right - my autographed jersey was a Toronto Maple Leafs David f***ing Clarkson jersey. Mrs. C thought I'd lost it because I was laughing so hard at my own rotten luck. When I informed her that he was on virtually every single "worst free agent signing in NHL history list", and that the jersey was negative value and I'd be unlikely to even be able to pay a die hard Leafs fan to take it, she and my sons ended up joining in my laughter.
This was not my day!