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Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
It's very silly because the Sharks have a not great home record because of that same shitty ice. Of course they could make it worse to fuck with the Pens, but it's not like the Sharks are great at playing on it either.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
Wouldn't the Sharks' opponents be playing on the same ice? Why would that explain their home record?

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
Oh you're right, lol. Duh. In either case I guess it proves that the quality of the ice shouldn't be a huge factor in who wins because the Sharks don't have some kind of secret advantage in knowing how to play on sloppy ice.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
Because they have practice on shitty ice, and it's harder to get things smoothly in practice and them again on inconsistent ice?

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
This assumes their practice facility has the same shitty ice as their arena. I guess that's a reasonable assumption to make? IDK.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
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if their practice ice is nicer than their arena ice that can still lead to the problem ayrt was talking about. I think the point is that their home record shows they're not the masters of the shitty ice, and making it worse to fuck with the pens would be fucking with themselves as well. If the ice really did give them a bad home record it's ultimately a toss up whether it's affecting them worse than the Pens or vice versa, imo.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
It's not really a founded assumption unless they have any particular knowledge of the practice rink. The practice rink is in the same hot/humid climate, but without having to accommodate so many people, it's a lot easier to control the temperature and ice conditions. The Pens' old practice rink had fantastic ice, but Consol's ice is pretty shitty.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
I don't know how you'd put together any kind of evidence to support that conjecture. Boston had a terrible home record this year, despite being in Boston. A team might have a shitty stat for all sorts of reasons, up to and including the ever-dangerous small sample size problem.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
No I get that and I kinda take it back. I just saw a lot of Pens fans complaining about the ice after game 3 and claiming that it made the Pens lose/Sharks win because they're "used to it" and I think the Sharks home record shows that they don't have a huge advantage against other teams because they're used to the ice. They could be losing for any number of reasons, but I think it's hard to argue that away teams are doomed to struggle in San Jose because of the ice conditions.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

From: (Anonymous)
Nah, it's just that fans of a team notice more and fixate more on the mistakes their own players make/what plays fail for their team because of the ice. I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall a Pens media person or blogger speculating that the ice conditions hurt the Sharks more. They didn't explain why, but maybe if the puck behaves in unpredictable ways, that is easier for the faster team to deal with?