Playing the same guys 30 minutes straight seems penny wise and pound foolish.
LeBron and Curry don't play every minute of any game, including the playoffs, despite the logic that says it gives their team the best chance to win since they're the best players on the planet. Because even sending in players significantly worse is better than trying to play every minute.
No matter how bad Crosby is, he has to play a couple minutes here and there. That's not punishing them with playing time it's reducing the playing time to the absolute minimum and saying "minutes won't go up unless you earn them." Or play the walk-ons. Whatever.
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