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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
^Re: Dube taking a night off to watch. It helped Gaudreau immensely after 6 games in his first season. Definitely not the worst thing. Not necessarily punishment for a rookie, it can be a development tool.
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It really turned his season. Oct 17, 2014 he sat and the next game was 1G 1A. He'd finish the month with 6 pts in 6 games, and a damn good season.
It doesn't look like it was all that poorly viewed at the time either surprisingly:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-blue-jackets/
"The standout rookie went pointless in the first five games of the season, averaging 12:56 in ice-time, one shot and a plus-2 rating." and the poll was 64% that this was a good idea... so maybe this will be much better received than I thought