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Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom
The reasons you state as making it difficult aren’t convincing enough for me. Travel like that is part of the game. It’s part of the job description when u sign in Calgary. Geographically we have to travel further than most other squads.
As far as routines I’m sure sutter and co have them designing some team specific routines, we don’t know what that dynamic looks like so how can we say their routines are being lost? For all we know they have home routines and road routines.
Not having last change is a thing but how much of a factor is it really?
And you’re saying that road games in hockey are more difficult than road games in football? I respectfully disagree sir.
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Don't the stats tell the story, does it really matter what debates we can conjure up in regards to reasons.
55% = The Home Team's winning percentage in the NHL since 05/06
Apparently last year with no crowds, was the first year in the NFL that home team won less games than away teams, but prior to that from 2010 to 2020 the home team winning % was actually 56.5%.
So I'd say practically, there is no difference, it's the same, but technically it's been slightly harder to win on the road in the NFL.
For the purposes of what's appears to be being debated, a challenge to the assertation that being on the road is "tougher" and the Flames schedule has been tougher given it's road heavy, is actually correct, being on the road for as much of the season as the Flames have been makes their current record even more impressive.