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Originally Posted by MrMike
The dome used to be one of the toughest places for opposing teams to come. How can a team be such road warriors and awful at home?
Is there any update on Smith and how he is doing?
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I think a big part is the dome isn't an intimidating place to play anymore. There are games that the fans will get up for, but for the most part they are waiting for something to happen to cheer or wait till the jumbo tron tells them. When this place was a hard place to play, the crowd didn't wait for something to happen to cheer. Just my observations from being at the dome the last 20 years. In the hay day I think the team fed off that, now it seems like both crowd and team are waiting for something to happen. It definitely doesn't help things when you Oiler the first shot.
I also think that at home they just aren't getting the bounces they are on the road. I think a bunch of the goals against are coming after the Flames fail to capitalize on their chance. It is the whole big save at one end creates a chance at the other thing.
Before the game I heard a couple interviews with coaches and players and they broke down their home and away games and they actually get more chances at home then away, they just need to finish better at home. Instead it snowballs and keeps teams in the game.