Necessary Roughness season 3 opened up with plenty of "Ch-Ch-Changes" for everyone, but does that mean some of this team's key players may be moving on?

Six months after Dani turned her heart over to Matt, he's wearing a wedding ring...but the matching one isn't on Dani's finger.  

Matt decided to do "the right thing" and wed Noelle. With a six month gap, it's hard to tell what the right thing really was, however. We never saw Matt's reaction to finding out about Noelle's pregnancy. He made it clear that he always wanted to start a family... but is he starting one with the right woman?

Without having seen how Dani and Matt broke up, it's hard to read between the lines. Was their split by mutual consent or did Matt decide to walk away? Anyway, it looks like a baby on the way was the last straw for the Matt and Dani romance. 

With Matt's decisions to move to Boston I have to wonder if the character is being written out all together. If the show's focus is moving away from The Hawks and he and Dani are done, perhaps his story has played out.  Still, it would have been nice if fighting for Dani to keep her job weren't an afterthought. 

Speaking of The Hawks, Dani's days there are finished. It took the new coach all of one conversation to fire Dani. I'm sure Dani will be fine. The person I worried about more was TK.

Dr. Dani has been the one stable factor in his life over the last couple of years and she's pulled him through Hell and back. Can a team really dictate which therapist a player can see? With all of the new stress on TK, this could be the worst possible time for him to lose Dani.  As he said himself in this Necessary Roughness quote...

TK: Help me Obi-Wan KeDani. You are my only hope. | permalink

But Dani's got a job offer, which would include exclusivity to V3. Money, prestige, and a handsome, charming boss. Why would anyone turn down working with John Stamos?!?

Is Dani headed from one difficult boss at The Hawks to another at V3? Troy seemed very unhappy to have Dani on board but it was oh so much fun to watch Dani put him in his place. 

Finally Dani welcomed back Nico with a slap to the face and it sounded like it was justified…

Dani: You don't say goodbye to me. You don't answer my calls. You don't answer my texts. You just vanish down some Nico rabbit hole and then you pop up like some freaking jack-in-the-box. | permalink

Six months is a long time not to hear from someone you care about. If Dani didn't care she wouldn't be so angry. If she hadn't broken his heart and wounded his ego, Nico might have called. For two people who didn't mean to hurt each other, they certainly did a good job of it.

Could these two still have a future? No one can deny there's chemistry there. Even Jeanette can see it simmering just beneath the surface…

Jeanette: So the international man of mystery returns and you whack him. That is so 50 Shades. Did he take you into his arms and throw you up against the wall? | permalink

If only…but we've got a whole season to hope for such things. And thank goodness Jeanette is back. Dani needs a best friend and Jeanette always has the best lines.

With Ray Jay bouncing around Europe with Juliette and Lindsey growing up fast, Dani's got lots of changes to handle this summer.  

Do you think it's over between Dani and Matt? Are you hoping Nico and Dani get their shot at love…or lust? And is Connor McClane the new game in town.

Necessary Roughness is back. Who's ready to play?

C. Orlando was a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. Follow her on Twitter.