SASKATOON -- The Saskatoon Blades are getting used to life in a bubble, preparing for their opening game of a 24-game WHL regular season Saturday afternoon against Swift Current. “Essentially, it's a long road trip,” said head coach Mitch Love. Players and staff from seven WHL teams are living at the dorms on the University of Regina campus, with practice times split between the Co-operators Centre and the Brandt Centre, where every game will be played. Other than the amount of games played, “every other day essentially, for 48 days”, things don’t appear to be that different on the ice.