“So you think he should get it because he’s earned it. Like we’ve talked about it, I’ll be very frank, I’m a very frank guy. Matvei did not come into came in shape and it’s hard to play yourself into shape. I have not told him or any of our players take a guy 1-on-1, come out of the corner with the puck, or on a rush, make a play on the rush. He’s having a tough time in those situations. So yeah, you could say other players, other players try, but I get it, maybe they don’t have the skill set, but we’re trying to get him to that level, right? How to develop him. Practice. Making sure you’re on time for treatments. Things like that. There’s so much into that, the way you eat, like that’s it. You don’t become a star because you think…look at Trevor Zegras, he had a couple bad years and comes here, bought into a couple things and you know, he’s doing a hell of a job for us.” Tocchet said.
