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They have two kickers named Palardy now... the other being an American named Michael. Get ready to hear that fact about 300 times during the next Argo game.

Yes, that is the difference. The NFL broadcasters will actually talk about the game, and if one player is unexpectedly having a great game, they will latch onto that and talk about that instead of the storyline that they had coming in. In the CFL, players can be having a career day and no one will comment on it because they are talking about the same silly thing they always do. How this coach drinks 3 coffees every gameday or that player keeps a funny picture in their locker. Just stupid fluff stories that no one cares about, certainly no one cares about them enough to hear it for an entire 3 hour broadcast. NFL is also a lot better about letting you know about little things happening in-game. CFL announcers either have no desire to tell us when there is a personnel change on the OL or DL or they just don't notice.

American style sports broadcasting. The game isn't interesting to sell itself they have to find some story to sell, just ridiculous. Not sure it's American style. I don't get the same kind of thing on NFL broadcasts. Are you kidding me? The NFL hypes the crap out of any little thing. It's the single biggest reason that I can't watch the NFL despite being a football fan. Maybe it's not one player throughout the course of the game but Americans are obsessed with playing the game on paper and then seeing if the game will follow their script. Maybe it was like that at one point but I watch a ton of NFL and it's nothing like what they do on CFL broadcasts.

People up early on Sunday mornings. AKA psychopaths.

I like Arthur - he's a good twitter follow too. Speaking of pompous windbags... isn't Steve Simmons a regular on The Reporters? IMO, Simmons and Damien Cox are easily 2 of the least desirable sports media in the country. Arthur is just so pretentious, especially on Twitter. I can't take it. Certainly I agree about Simmons as well. Cox is pretty much irrelevant at this point.

The angle is weird because we're supposed to be buying into Ziggler as a Face but he is doing some very Heel things. It's all so confusing. Also Summer Rae is just dreadful.

Not sure what Postma would draw on the trade market but the Harrison comparison is irrelevant considering the wide gap in age, playing style, experience, and contract status.

The Reporters is awful. Just a terrible show. Anything involving Bruce Arthur is a joke. What a pompous windbag.

American style sports broadcasting. The game isn't interesting to sell itself they have to find some story to sell, just ridiculous. Not sure it's American style. I don't get the same kind of thing on NFL broadcasts.

What do you think of Hotshot Danny Duggan?

Ya I probably should. I think I had one for injured before but got rid of it for some reason.

Current roster:

Atomic moves on when Atomic says its time to move on

I don't believe it's a double standard at all, truthfully. Iso has very strong opinions. There is nothing wrong with that. But those strong opinions are far more likely to generate strong responses. I hate to pull somebody else into this but I'll give you a guy like TBURGESS as an example. He's another very strongly opinionated person who generates a lot of heated debate, arguments and strong responses. But he is also willing to engage in those heated debates and respond back to those strong responses without getting upset. TB and I have had plenty of heated debates over the years due to difference in strong opinions, but I have a ton of respect for the fact that he's always willing to discuss things without getting emotional about it. There are TONS of strongly opinionated folks around this forum. Tons of ongoing heated debates about a number of discussion points. Tons of people being asked to explain their thoughts or rationale behind what they've said. Tons of opinions that are scrutinized and questioned on a daily basis. There are only a handful of people who seem to get upset about it. Absolutely true. However it's been my observation, and maybe I'm wrong on this, that Iso's opinion routinely gets far more scrutiny than many people's; often it seems like no degree of explanation is enough and that's not fair. Of course you see it more, Iso is the most active poster on the site. More posts means more opportunity for criticism.

It's not really a rumour when you can see it with your own eyes just by watching the games

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? Important word there is develop...his game is shite right now. omg. Well this is pointless. Carry on.

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.