There's "not playing a rookie in high pressure situations" and "not playing a rookie at all".
Savoie had a total of 3:55 in ice time for the entire game.
He just got called up from an AHL conditioning stint and is 19 years old and hasn't even been with the NHL team very long. Was his ice time a problem? why was it bad other than you just didn't like it being that low?
Guys, it was his first game. If there is something this team has done extremely well it is phase in young players