Why Luke Richardson might not be the coach of the future for the Chicago Blackhawks

Scratching a player for multiple games at a time, especially younger players does absolutely nothing to help with their development.

Keeping veterans in the lineup just for the sake of it, even if they haven't played well, is not what you need for a coach of a rebuilding team.

Another prime example of a very questionable lineup decision from Richardson is just today, and he is making Phillip Kurashev a healthy scratch with Pat Maroon still in the lineup against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

Kurashev has been slotted in as the second-line center for every game this season. He has had a good supporting cast on that line with Taylor Hall and Tyler Bertuzzi, but his natural position isn't a center. He has, for the most part, always been a winger for the Hawks which is his stronger position.

Players like Connor Bedard and Phillip Kurashev, who have shown they have chemistry together, should stick together. Same with players lower on the depth chart, like Andreas Athanasiou and Lukas Reichel, who both have very good speed and skill and have shown some flashes of chemistry as well.

Though the new captain has been pretty solid to this point of the season at 36 years old it would make a lot more sense to have him play more of a checking style role with Jason Dickinson on the third line who he has also shown to have some solid chemistry with and give the younger skilled guys more opportunities higher in the lineup.

Winning isn't the end all be all with the state of this team.

The Hawks aren't competing for a playoff spot as they are still in the midst of their rebuild, so now is the time to figure out who has a future with the team two to three years down the line instead of having these older veterans taking up roster spots and not giving the younger guys a fair shot at proving they can be an established player for the Hawks.