Ha ha, I actually agree with him insofar as that a player shouldn't be looking to do it every time. If the opportunity is there, yeah, try it, but otherwise there are often better plays to be had.
A lot of noise was made (for obvious reasons) when Tortorella scratched Michkov for two games in the early November. Before his scratch, he had
13GP, 10 points, 3 even strength points, -8
Since he came back from being scratched:
15GP, 17 points, 12 even strength points, +13 (+5 better than any othe Flyer in that time period!).
So while it's obvious that he learns the NHL game as he plays more games, but surely that scratch did have the desired effect.