I'm pretty sure I mentioned it before, and it sounds minor, but I think it's kind of a microcosm of what some of his issues are - I think like 3 quarters of the way through the season, Justin Holl had played something like 2 games.
Now, Justin Holl is never going to be a top 6 guy, probably. But he seems to like not playing guys on his roster. Justin Holl, Frank Corrado, Josh Leivo - unless he has no choice.
Then, when you need them, like when they lost Dermott and Gardiner, the replacements aren't good enough because they don't play. You don't send them down because you don't want to lose them to waivers, but if you don't play them, you're losing them anyway, because they're never going to develop. What's the point of having them? If they're not good enough to draw in semi-regularly then who cares if you lose them?
Just a mind-boggling way to treat players imo. Sure, people say who cares they're not that good, but they never get the chance to be more either.
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