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Drew, It can screw it up pretty bad if you don't get plastic off right away. Field mice like to burrow shallow ruts just under it. Last year, under a much smaller rink, it wasn't so bad under the ice so much as the spots near the edges where my install was sloppy, just enough of a gap to make a winter home I guess. I think if you have it all weighted down and level, then it's really just compression of the grass, and a good rake/thatching should get it back. I didn't really care about it too much, because I had a whole backyard redo planned out, which I haven't gotten to yet. The yard is all lumpy and needs a good thatching, rolling and a bit of regrading anyway. It doesn't drain well, so every step leaves divots and there are two spots especially that accumulate water. I have the materials stored to install some French drains, in spring I plan to put in three of them and regrade so everything flows more aggressively to the back fence (which is a park)