Sloan used to do this all the time...if one of his vets or a few of his vets were playing like crap he would sit them while he let the younger guys/crappier guys play and if they got the lead back or got it close, he would stick with them to the end. Even though the best chance would be to sit those guys back down and let the vets get the win (it always pissed me off when he did that, but I could see why he did it. 1) send a message that you'll get your *** sat on the bench if you don't give good effort and 2) if you work hard and play well, you deserve to finish what you started!)
Now Ty does it and it's supposed to be a big deal? ...pssht. I blame twitter for all this ruckus.