This is an editorial, and may not represent the views of the On the Forecheck staff as a whole.
There’s a truism among the 200 Hockey Men™: if a skilled player isn’t performing up to your expectations, bench him in-game or scratch him between games. Give one of the grit guys his icetime instead. Let someone who’s willing to get in there and work for those goals...
Well, you get the idea.
It’s a philosophy I’ve always been skeptical of, not just because of the people who espouse it but because it doesn’t make sense.