Huge difference between play offs and normal season, so important to test the youngsters under the more trying conditions. Furthermore, I think giving the youngsters a taste of playoffs, motivates them for the future. Regarding wasted cap space, I don’t think anyone thought players like EP would enter the league and dominate like he did from the word go. If he hadn’t, it probably wouldn’t even have mattered with the contracts handed out to bottom 6 players. And please don’t use Eriksson as an example. Even the folks who were against the deal, can’t believe how bad he’s been.