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Originally Posted by Redlan
Many teams sit players and it is not out of spite. You sit him because injury could lower your return (or prevent a trade altogether), because of the negative locker room presence or influence in the lock room on other players, because his production could fall (especially without one of the best playmakers just signed elsewhere) thereby lowering your return. You can simply sit him to show that, as an organization that you are going to do what is best for the team and will play the players who want to play for the team. Trevor Linden said it best” my dream is to play in the NHL, not sign an NHL contract .” Pay and play those guys!
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Name a star player who was sat for a long period of time to get him to "play ball".