By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor

When 2011-12 NHL SP Authentic hits the streets tomorrow, some collectors might find extra autographs in their boxes – which might cause a little confusion.

In the newest SP Authentic are cards that were intended for last year’s product, but because the cards came in so late, Upper Deck removed what would have been redemption cards in an effort to reduce the amount of redemptions found in the product, according to a company spokesperson.

The company removed what are now being called 2010-11 SP Authentic Update Autographs and added them to this year’s SP Authentic.

It didn’t receive the cards until after pack out last year and the cards have not been offered in any other capacity until now.

These cards are included on top of the other planned content for SP Authentic, which could lead to extra hits.

In addition to information on these cards, Upper Deck has also released odds for the Sign of the Times autographs and have broken them down into groups.

Take a look at several of the checklists from 2011-12 NHL SP Authentic with information on the Update Autographs and odds for Signs of the Time after the jump.

2010-11 SP Authentic Update Autographs
Thomas Vanek ’10-11 Ltd AU-Patch
Devon Setoguchi ’10-11 Ltd AU-Patch
Jean-Sebastien Giguere ’10-11 Ltd AU-Patch
Jean-Sebastien Giguere ’10-11 Chiro
Jean-Sebastien Giguere ’10-11 MOD
Devon Setoguchi ’10-11 SOTT C
Jamie Benn ’10-11 SOTT B
Jean-Sebastien Giguere ’10-11 SOTT B
Marty Turco ’10-11 SOTT B
Ray Bourque ’10-11 SOTT A
Thomas Vanek ’10-11 SOTT B
Sidney Crosby ’10-11 SOTT Dual
Mario Lemieux/Mark Messier/Steve Yzerman ’10-11 SOTT Triple
Ryan Miller/Thomas Vanek/Tyler Myers ’10-11 SOTT Triple

Sign of the Times (overall odds 1:28)
Group A (1:1,560)
SOT-AO Alexander Ovechkin
SOT-BC Bobby Clarke
SOT-JD Jordan Staal
SOT-JT Jonathan Toews
SOT-NH Nathan Horton
SOT-PD Pavel Datsyuk
SOT-SC Sidney Crosby
SOT-SM Shawn Matthias
SOT-WG Wayne Gretzky

Group B (1:452)
SOT-AP Alex Pietrangelo
SOT-AS Alex Stalock
SOT-CH Cody Hodgson
SOT-DP Dion Phaneuf
SOT-HL Henrik Lundqvist
SOT-JM John Moore
SOT-JO Jonathon Blum
SOT-LK Gabriel Landeskog
SOT-PK Patrick Kane
SOT-RM Ryan Miller
SOT-SG Sam Gagner
SOT-SS Steven Stamkos
SOT-SV Steve Mason
SOT-TH Taylor Hall
SOT-TS Tyler Seguin
SOT-TV John Tavares
SOT-WC Wendel Clark

Group C (1:335)
SOT-AM Andrei Markov
SOT-AN Antti Niemi
SOT-DB Dan Boyle
SOT-DR Derek Roy
SOT-DS Dave Schultz
SOT-EB Jordan Eberle
SOT-EM Evgeni Malkin
SOT-LO Logan Couture
SOT-ME Barry Melrose
SOT-MK Jacob Markstrom
SOT-NF Nick Foligno
SOT-PS P.K. Subban
SOT-RK Ryan Kesler
SOT-TM Thomas McCollum

Group D (1:172)
SOT-BB Bill Barber
SOT-BO Bobby Orr
SOT-CL Claude Lemieux
SOT-CN Brett Connolly
SOT-EW Eric Wellwood
SOT-JB Josh Bailey
SOT-LI Trevor Linden
SOT-MD Michael Del Zotto
SOT-MS Matt Stajan
SOT-MU Peter Mueller
SOT-PL Pascal Leclaire
SOT-RG Ryan Getzlaf
SOT-RY Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
SOT-SF Mark Scheifele

Group E (1:41)
SOT-AL Andrew Ladd
SOT-BL Jared Boll
SOT-BM Richard Bachman
SOT-BR Bill Ranford
SOT-BW Drayson Bowman
SOT-CE Cory Emmerton
SOT-CO Cal O’Reilly
SOT-CS Cory Schneider
SOT-CU Sean Couturier
SOT-DG Daniel Girardi
SOT-JE Jonathan Ericsson
SOT-JH Josh Harding
SOT-JK Jack Skille
SOT-JP J.P. Dumont
SOT-JS James Sheppard
SOT-KA Keith Aulie
SOT-LC Luca Caputi
SOT-LE Brian Lee
SOT-MA Brett MacLean
SOT-MC Philip McRae
SOT-MH Matthew Halischuk
SOT-ML Maxim Lapierre
SOT-MX Ben Maxwell
SOT-NG Nicklas Grossman
SOT-PM Patrick Marleau
SOT-RJ Ryan Jones
SOT-RY Ryan O’Reilly
SOT-SB Sergei Bobrovsky
SOT-TG Tim Gleason

Sign of the Times dual autographs (overall odds 1:288)
Group A (1:22,618)
SOT2-BR Bobby Orr/Ray Bourque
SOT2-RL Patrick Roy/Claude Lemieux

Group B (1:2,770)
SOT2-CH Cody Hodgson/Joe Colborne
SOT2-CT Logan Couture/Joe Thornton
SOT2-GR Ryan Getzlaf/Bobby Ryan
SOT2-HC Victor Hedman/Brett Connolly
SOT2-HM Tyler Myers/Ryan Miller
SOT2-HS Dany Heatley/Devin Setoguchi
SOT2-KK Patrick Kane/Ryan Kesler
SOT2-LD Nicklas Lidstrom/Pavel Datsyuk
SOT2-MB Patrick Marleau/Dan Boyle
SOT2-PS Carey Price/P.K. Subban B

Group C (1:3,553)
SOT2-BM Bill Barber/Rick MacLeish
SOT2-RV Derek Roy/Thomas Vanek
SOT2-SH Harri Sateri/Alex Stalock
SOT2-SK Mark Scheifele/Carl Klingberg

Group D (1:574)
SOT2-BP Alex Pietrangelo/David Backes
SOT2-DH Shane Doan/Martin Hanzal
SOT2-EA Jonathan Ericsson/Justin Abdelkader
SOT2-JJ Jacob Markstrom/Jack Skille
SOT2-JM Jared Boll/John Moore
SOT2-LF Pascal Leclaire/Nick Foligno
SOT2-MS Mike Santorelli/Shawn Matthias
SOT2-PK P.K. Subban/P.K. Subban
SOT2-RY Ryan Nugent-Hopkins/Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
SOT2-SM Matt Stajan/Brendan Mikkelson
SOT2-SS Steven Stamkos/Steven Stamkos
SOT-TS Steven Stamkos/John Tavares

Susan Lulgjuraj is a contributing editor for Beckett Media. You can email Susan here. Follow her on Twitter here.

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor

Hockey collectors looking for news have come to the right place. Upper Deck has released a slew of information on upcoming 2011-12 products.

Four to be exact: SP Authentic, Upper Deck Series 2, SPx and Black Diamond.

First up will be NHL Black Diamond, which is scheduled to release on Dec. 20. The product will feature two new inserts: Lustrous Rookies (seeded 1 in 288 packs) and Championship Rings (seeded 1 in 72 packs). The 24-pack boxes will have two jersey cards and a number of parallels.

A case will yield about four to five autographs in it.

The newest feature to Black Diamond is a twist to jersey cards. Collectors need two cards to complete a full card and spell the full team name out.

In late January/early February, SPx will be the next product to hit the shelves for Upper Deck. Collectors can find a bunch of hits in every box: one autograph/jersey, a rookie jersey/material card, winning materials dual-swatches, winning combos dual-swatches and two numbered inserts.

Each box will contain 18 packs and four cards in each box – including a bonus pack.

New this year are Shadow Box Programme of Excellence cards, which fall one per case, and parallels including patches.

Upper Deck Series 2 picks up where Series 1 left off. The set comes out in late February with Young Guns, Rookie Updates, MVP Rookie Updates, O-Pee-Chee Rookie Updates and more. There are six Young Guns in every 24-pack box, with eight cards in a pack.

Collectors could also find a Rookie Materials, a UD Game Jersey and four UD Canvas cards in every box.

Young Guns will come in canvas variations as well, which are found one in every 48 packs, on average.

In April, SP Authentic comes out with three autographs per box and at least one will be a rookie card. There will be two to three autograph patches in every case.

With 24 packs in each box and five cards in a pack, there a number of variations and inserts collectors can expect such as rookie hologram cards – even die cuts – and dual, triple, quad and eight-autograph cards.

Susan Lulgjuraj is a contributing editor for Beckett Media. You can email Susan here. Follow her on Twitter here.