FlameChampion
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- Jul 13, 2011
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I know this post is old but who benches a player and then scratches him repeatedly because a rook has made a few turnovers?
I expect and want young gifted players to be making mistakes like that because it shows they are taking gambles in their game, in regular season games.
By no means should you yank rook players off the ice because they make perceived mistakes. Its part of the risk/benefit inherent in players that can make plays. That a guy like Holloway is already around that edge is positive. But its not if the coach is going to pull his minutes because he's taking chances trying to make plays. He won't learn to make those plays here at this level unless given a chance.
Does he though? To me he lacks age and experience. Thats it. Rooks make mistakes. Is this now not an acceptable thing?
The way Woodcroft (or Oilers management) handled Holloway last year was abysmal. Guy was basically neutered after his first mistake in like the first game. He was pretty much scared to do anything all year. And then to make matters worse, he was given like 7 minutes of ice time to try and make an impact. Hope Holloway gets some rope this year.