Oh, well

I imagine this hardly factors into Upper Deck's decision over what pictures to use for a player's card, but depicting players in dark uniforms, such as Tampa Bay's home black uniforms, nearly renders this card of Lightning goalie Mike Smith useless for collecting autographs.

At best, I'll have to remember to switch to a silver Sharpie from a blue Sharpie whenever I get Smith to sign this card during the 2008-09 season down here in Humidity Bay.

And seeing that this is among Smith's first Lightning cards, I'm sure quite a few collectors will share in my sentiments.