The gritty thing came from last game.
He feels that Johnny and Tkachuk need to get a little more greasy.
I don't think he was suggesting that Dube and Ruzie were not helping, just they had fallen off their compete level, in his opinion. I've got no problem with sitting young guys, but the alternative has zero offense. It's a message to the players and the team.
To me, the alternative shows we don't have enough good depth at F. Having depth is one thing, but not only do they need to be players that can effectively play their normal level, but also be able to play up. BT should be addressing this, but he doesn't want to cross Sutter. Or so it appears. Would prefer that 13 and 14 be guys that are effective in their position.