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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
You don't bench a kid for trying and making mistakes, you bench a young player for being lazy or never learning.
Baertschi was caught out of position, looked silly and tried to make a diving block but what out of position. He obviously isn't the best shot blocker, if it's something they've worked on with him I doubt if it's been a lot. You don't sit a guy or overreact for trying and failing, you bench him if he didn't try during that play at all.
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Hartley said the exact same thing before the Ottawa game. Mistakes will always happen and will never stop happening, even if you try to minimize them. No chance he gets benched for that.