Without making too much fuss,
Milan Michalek![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tL-4cTFn5lAW5jiZ3aoYhKzhmz2QWBm633vQkjw2IvRaaLNOrRxW3TWGeOguZwu7L7QbaJXrnhs96Y3Duh5Kk8cTKUj2duENarH0OKQ6VpZqMnTq4fhp6v9RtAh4BMmxspE0OZI03UBrkXt8ITCLr0ACvnpfAZIPphOlNLrLgiuavVl3lp=s0-d)
has crafted himself a niche as a reliable top-six forward with four straight 20-plus-goals seasons and only one with a negative plus/minus differential. And last season was 22 goals in only 66 games, so he may have been able to top the 30-goal mark for the first time. He is no longer an afterthought in the
Dany Heatley![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ufdRgrE3NJMW9zljzV3X_mH41U8_zkRFLbNkNxyFulKbqdR9l49awUCCRTuGUD-1qui5cg5IS_BRF7UqZYdmzz1os575i5bawU3oShoGIsmN9vVXer7RF8Wsh3BHHFNmjnETk7Mqianfi5rce50SR_nyV9zxM9h88PxSFOBeC_Vyy_nvdf1A=s0-d)
trade, he is its main component.
The first two cards have him as a member of the
San Jose Sharks![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vibhTFWuN1LKNZucvzrmve2v5EnqkoRNZ_KBdnrSN-F8IPaJ_Xs9-2bmwXLPM4uSBi4o-T1-iNFFu-KQNsK1X4QQ_ddu-PM-hlNUk9ylfX6WrDDiTBUc8eUg7b2Ss8-g4tiCQzzP47aYKwHhn55H2jRi-bdztOCilNqu7v2hobusqdmRnT0A=s0-d)
, the team he played his first 316 games with. Both see him wearing the team's early/mid-00s white uniform, with the card on top-left being from
Upper Deck's
2005-06 Series 2 set (card #408, his rookie card) and the one top-right from UD's
2007-08 Victory set (card #179).
The bottom two cards see him as a member of the
Ottawa Senators![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uNWAAxb6k_mDPrad7YWagiKQXr1iwYER_ql_oVPNjrJxYV5mzCN4BqIidy9XA4lMdLxEzwpkNCmYM_mQazMFiVmnaBhN4KxoucQy2Q2V9-6YJuQrAtPz0R8zHGk8g3mL58XLd6uEgivm3C4lsO2Xv_MQsL_Gk_lQvUNxnOKMiGRDbZ9jQooA=s0-d)
, with the one bottom-left showing him in the Sens' alternate jersey (black, with the word 'SENS' ruining the otherwise-beautiful front) from
Panini's
2010-11 Score set (card #338) and the card bottom-right depicting him in the team's regular white RBK away uniform, which looks tame and empty in comparison, being from UD's
2010-11 Victory set (card #137).
The Sens will have a hard time making the playoffs this season, but with the type of players they have on offense and in nets, I see them making a deep playoff run should they make it. The cards were sent along with a fan letter on November 23rd care of the Sens and were received back on December 23rd - one month to the day, an amazingly quick return for an active player!
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