[sa226]

I'm pretty excited for (Flames) hockey to be back, but if I'm being honest with everything that has gone on I feel less invested in the outcome. It feels less personal.

If they lose, so be it. But put it all out there so you can at least sleep at night. I just want to see some good hockey. I don't want to see that stunned shell-shocked look on their faces like last year. I don't want to see Gaudreau button hook on every zone entry. I don't want to see Tkachuk try too hard and overcompensate by throwing his body around wrecklessly only to get clocked by a Zadorov like character. I don't want to see hopeless stretch passes because the other team has clearly owned the neutral zone and hail marys are your only chance. I don't want to see Bennett own a shift, just for Jankowski to sleepwalk his way to an ugly turnover.

Show that you belong and entertain me goddammit.