I think in season less can be more. You won't be able to gain strength unless you are like 16 and very weak (any kind of workout will make you stronger if your max deadlift is 180) so it is really about not losing too much. Any elite player will lose some strength in season. It is about minimizing that loss.
With 2 times a week lifting a good athlete might drop his deadlift from 350 maybe from 350 to 315 and with 5 times he only drops to 340. I think that kind of extra gain is nota worth the losing of regeneration. But if you don't lift at all you might drop to 250 which is bad.
As always in life showing up and giving 20% effort gives you 80% of the results, the last 20% is hard.
Usually the last 20% is important but when it comes to lifting I prefer giving 100% effort in the off-season to get stronger and then take the 80% result and get better regeneration.
If it is a long season you can maybe add one hard block in the middle to further reduce the loss.