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Originally Posted by dino7c
"Everything Flames" including their arena. Players poll recently said the ice was top 5. People have been going on about the bad dome ice on here for years. Maybe it's just that we watch all the games. Seems like confirmation bias when the players on the ice (including the opposition) think it's one of the best.
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Just because something is top 5 out of 30ish doesn't mean it's good
NHL has an ice quality problem overall. Big crowds bring in a lot of heat and humidity, and all the other events at those venues always take a toll on the ice. Arenas which are shared with a different sport tend to have the worst ice, because covering the ice is bad for ice quality.
Let's also just be real: the arenas are built to extract money from people in the stands. Ice quality is not actually a high priority.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...e-big-question
I think this was a fairly informotive quote:
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Brooks Orpik, D, Washington Capitals: "I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a place that has good ice. I think Pittsburgh actually has good ice, after years of Sidney [Crosby] going over ... it started with all of us bitching about it. It finally got to the point where Sid would go every day and constructively sit down with the guys who ran the rink and tell them exactly what he felt was wrong with it. It was good dialogue between them, and the ice started getting better and better. That's the one place I think is consistently pretty good.
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I mean, how awesome is Crosby, but also, clearly the ice quality is not the highest priority, when the people in charge of creating the ice are of the caliber that they need a hockey player to explain to them what good ice is like.
Here's another article about it, for those who are interested: