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Originally Posted by MrMike
Face offs are an advantage as well with the home (or is it visiting) team requiring to place his stock down first. No idea what kind of advantage that gives though.
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I would argue that this—like the last change rule—provides a very small advantage. Thus, my argument for the anticipated tournament would be for no added home-ice advantages provided to higher seeded teams, since home ice itself provides such a minimal or negligible advantage as to make it essentially moot. The real reward for higher seeded teams is the opportunity for additional playoff revenue, provided by the potential of selling tickets for three or four home games.