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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
For the most part, they have watched Canada beat Austria 6-0 at the Olympics and think that means higher scoring overall.
When you look at just the big six nations (Canada, US, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic), they played nine games between them at the 2014 Olympics and combined for 37 goals. That's 4.11 per game. Three shutouts, seven times a team was held to one goal or less. In Vancouver 2010 and an NHL sized rink, those six teams combined for 44 goals in seven games, or 6.29 per game. Two shutouts and three times a team was held to one goal or less.
These are, of course, incredibly small sample sizes. But they do offer an illustration of the point that the IIHF surface, at least, doesn't lead for more offence.
What Burke's 90 foot suggestion would do is an unknown. But if I was a team, there's no way in hell I even consider the millions in construction costs and lost ticket sales for a guess.
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Isn't the NHL Allstar game closer to the Olympics rosters than a typical NHL team? Not that I disagree with your assessments.
I was also under the impression that teams could have varied rink sizes based on the theoretical current ice to max size which may provide an actual "home team" advantage? kinda like how in Baseball teams have slightly different stadiums. Or maybe that was a wish from fans...