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Originally Posted by Tawnos
No. I'm sorry, but the playoffs are not the time to be sending messages to your players. Nashville did it to Kostitsyn and Radulov and look where it got them. Washington did it to Ovechkin and Semin and look where it got them. There's one more that I can't seem to jog into my memory right now.
Messages are a regular season thing. In a tie into the third and subsequently down a goal in the third in the playoffs... it's not the time to bench your best offensive player.
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100% agreed.
Like I said earlier, give me a half assed Gaborik in the 3rd needing a a game tying goal over a Boyle or Prust.