I think 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 really tainted a lot of people's perceptions. Looking at the numbers, the B's have actually had a winning record in matinee games in 3 out of the last 6 years.....and in one of those bad years, they were only one game below .500, so it wasn't THAT bad.
I'm not even talking about last few years I just remember for a long time even before the Chara era they seemed like they would always lose matinee games. Even if the numbers prove me wrong I always felt like they lost most of them for some reason. I've seen others say the same thing too.