Atomic

You see him playing with the Jets the way he has played in Penticton or last night? I don't. Maurice said they will probably have 4 forwards in the lineup that have never played an NHL game before!!! Ehlers, Armia, Copp and Petan? Wow. No I don't see him playing with the Jets playing the way he is right now. Because he's not ready. You realize there's a development process right? And that the player doesn't look as good at 21 as he will when he's in his prime? That players improve? Do you understand the "draft and develop" model, or do you just hear the "draft" part and forget about develop?

Where is there a rich area of St. James? Seems like kind of a wasteland to me... What! You ass! You must be from east of the red river with the rest of the degenerates

Calgary Culture:

If you don't want to defend your opinion then don't. Nothing says you have to respond when someone disagrees with you. But if you are going to post a strong opinion, people are going to respond in kind. That's the way it is and the way it should be. I think people should be mature enough to deal with it when someone says their opinion is bullshit. Either tell us why its not bullshit or leave it and go on with your day. Bullying? Come on. No one is forcing you to be here.

Go Floyd!!!! Cool!

Wow people are impatient. Kosmachuk is only 21 with one year in the AHL under his belt. No one was expecting him to crack the roster this year. Career AHL'er.... Gimme a break.

I don't mind preseason as I am always excited to see the prospects in action. A lot of these guys, regardless of whether they make the team out of camp or not, are going to make up the core of the team over the next 3 years. Line combos are an interesting talking point and preseason is a perfect time to try out new ones... Eventually guys will switch positions over the course of the season due to injury so it's good to see now how some centres handle playing on the wing or vice versa.

Awesome stuff, I've always kinda wondered about that aspect of things. I knew just from watching that wrestlers call spots (how could anyone not hear Cena?) but I wasn't sure if it was more of a reminder for the other wrestler or what. Kinda impressive that these guys can come up with most of it on the fly to be honest.

TUP here's something I've always wondered. Are matches totally scripted, I mean move by move, or do they kinda freelance other than the finish and a few key moves?

Why would the Riders even consider that?

What difference does it make now? Wild is the better player and they were right to make this move.

I think they all are, tonight's is on TSN3 for sure.

Bye bye Jasper Simmons

Likely line combos to start tonight: Stafford - Scheifele - Wheeler Perreault - Burmi - Ehlers Raffl - Petan - Thorburn Lemieux - Copp - Armia Chiarot - Byfuglien Enstrom - Kichton Stuart - Trouba Hellebuyck starts in goal.

Tonight's Roster:

It did look legit. I didn't think he would finish the match to be honest. But good on him for toughing it out... however this is the risk with a guy who is that old. Just far more prone to injury. Yeah, look at Kevin Nash. Blew his quad simply by *walking* in his first match back in WWE. Remember when McMahon tore both his quads entering the ring?

It doesn't clear him at all but it certainly makes it far more difficult to convict him. At this point it is simply his word against hers.

It did look legit. I didn't think he would finish the match to be honest. But good on him for toughing it out... however this is the risk with a guy who is that old. Just far more prone to injury.

Ric Flair back in the ring?? That's insane and I sincerely hope it doesn't happen.

Johnson extended

Crazy that he is taking that kind of punishment at 56. FIFTY SIX. That's pretty old. I cant imagine my dad getting in the ring right now.

Yeah but he was wearing the mask!!!

Night of Champions was last night. I thought it was an above-average PPV. Kevin Owens is the new IC champ after beating Ryback in a solid match. I'm happy to see that. Bit of a dirty finish (eye rake by KO while being set up for the shell shock) so I'm sure there will be a rematch. This rivalry might last for a bit. New Day retained their titles when they got DQ'd against the Dudley Boyz. I'm guessing we will see a "No DQ" match between them at Hell in a Cell. Just a guess. This was a good match though... New Day are endless entertainment. Bubba took a splash to the head off the side of the apron from Big E, man that looked painful, I don't understand how that move works without killing Bubba. Charlotte won the Diva's Championship to the surprise of no one. Average diva match, nothing too crazy in this one, Charlotte won with the figure eight. I hope she goes on a run defending against different stars rather than a big rivalry with the Bellas. I'd love to see her defending against Sasha Banks and even Paige and Becky Lynch, I don't think Team PCB really needs to exist anymore. Mystery partner for Reigns and Ambrose was...... Chris Jericho! Awesome! He wasn't enough to beat the Wyatts however as Braun Strowman choked him out for the win. Then Jericho stormed off, maybe setting up some kind of storyline involving he and Ambrose/Reigns. Not sure. Another solid match though. Finally it's Rollins time. Rollins vs Cena was the match of the night for sure. Back and forth for 15 minutes or so until Cena got the pin. They beat the **** out of each other, Cena pulled out some pretty good "indie" style moves. After the match Rollins tried to walk out but Cena reminded him he had another match coming up and gave him an AA on the outside of the ring and left him lying there as Sting came out. Sting vs Rollins was solid as well. Rollins is a hell of an athlete to be able to work these two matches back to back. Sting was going all out including a cross body off the top rope to the outside. Rollins put Sting through the announcer table as well. Sting appeared to be legitimately injured halfway through and the doctors had to check him out. Rollins won on a nice pin counter out of the Scorpion deathlock. Time for Sheamus to cash in. He gives the briefcase to the ref and delivers a brogue kick to Rollins.... but wait! Out comes MASKED KANE and chokeslams Rollins. Sheamus loves it until Kane chokeslams him too. Sheamus didn't actually end up cashing in so he's still got the briefcase. Overall, good PPV, I was satisfied. I actually gave in and ordered the WWE network yesterday so I'm glad it was worth it.

Pretty big term for a guy who is largely unproven but it could end up being a bargain by the end of the deal I suppose.

Isn't that what everyone does?