Gerard Gallant’s decision to make Colin Miller a healthy scratch Wednesday served two purposes.
Primarily, it was a message to the Golden Knights defenseman about his recent play, which bottomed out in Monday’s loss at Colorado. That much is obvious.
But it also was a reminder for the rest of the players in the locker room that no job is safe.
“Nobody is untouchable,” center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare said.
At a time when they should be starting their push toward the postseason, the Knights continue to fight complacency and inconsistency.
They are 3-6-1 in their past 10 games as they enter Friday’s encounter with the Winnipeg Jets at T-Mobile Arena.