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He Should Know

12/01/2015 at 11:53am EST

added 1:25pm, More from Legace by Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

"I believe it's sending a message that 'Hey, you gotta get your game together. You struggled two nights before. I'm going to give you time to get your game back together. Right now I feel better going with the younger guy.' That's the way Babcock coaches. I've seen it firsthand," explains Legace, who was Detroit's No. 1 during Babcock's first season with the Red Wings.

"If he's not having trust in you, he'll play another guy over top of you--doesn't matter where he's from. He looks at the whole organization as one team, not 23 guys. He looks at the whole 46-man roster, from the Marlies to the Leafs, as one organization. If a guy comes up and he can play, he's going to play."

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