Using the roster as an excuse for Tocchet is rich. He has had a say in how this thing was built up. So if it's a crappy roster, he's part of the issue with it.
Plus, yea... you turn players into crap and then complain your roster is crap. Good way to dodge responsibility. It's definitely easier when you lie about what you are doing with the players, too. "Oh, pulled Kuemper to spark the team. No injury
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Here's a thought for you. Tocchet, the miracle man, played Stepan with crazy TOI last year. Stepan is traded to a rebuilding team with low expectations... and didn't get very much TOI before he was injured. Strange eh? If Tocchet is so damn good with his decisions, why wouldn't a different coach want to utilize the same strategy with one of his key players?