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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 14, 2020 13:48:15 GMT
The Bruins didn't lose because they were at home, they lost due to how they reacted to being at home. They let the pressure get to them. Obviously it doesn't always play out that way-- you play for home ice/field/court to have the advantage in those games. But you could see it as you watched that game, the pressure got to them. The same core players won the cup on the road (also a game 7) in 2011, I don't think it was the occasion that was too big for them. Yet that same core, as you describe them, won every game at home in that 2011 Final by a combined score of 17-3. Why is it that they were arbitrarily spooked by playing a Stanley Cup Final game at home this time? Because the pressure of playing a game 7 at home was greater in their minds than doing it on the road where they have the 'nothing to lose' mentality that the Blues clearly had last year. This is my point. Players react differently in different circumstances. The pressure of doing it on home ice clearly affected them more than in 2011 on the road. Why was Peyton one of the winningest QBs of all time, but has an atrocious playoff record? Different situation, different performance. It happens. So to me, a guy throwing a no-hitter in an empty stadium isn't as impressive as doing in front of a packed house. It's still hard, it still counts, it's still impressive. But I think there's a difference.
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