Subban and his teammates had to feel confident knowing they had that kind of home - ice advantage waiting for them, making Subban's
bold prediction less of a prediction and more of a vote of confidence in the whole franchise.
It's not that CC won't affect these things in the long term, rather when Climate Scientists make
bold predictions on 50/50 propositions (or
less) and are wrong, the public doesn't distinguish «wrong this year» from «wrong this century.»