Some players just need to play themselves out of slumps. Forcing them to sit on it and think is the worst possible thing a team can do to them, because they get in their own head. However, some like to take a step back, see what was going wrong and evaluate from there. The New Jersey Devils don’t have a choice, any struggling star they have is forced to sit because of the issues plaguing the world right now with COVID-19.
There are plenty of players this could impact positively or negatively. Mackenzie Blackwood probably didn’t want the season to end ever with how well he was playing.