I still remember I think it was after his second season here and it was a miserable one for him that Matt basically stood up in front of the media on garbage bag day and put his performance on himself.
I give him credit because I think he had a rough summer of self reflection and he came back with the realization that he wasn't going to be a goal scorer on his team so he'd better learn to be better in other areas, and he did, he's a solid fourth line guy that you can trust late in the game to be simple.
He also went from being a bit of a distraction to a positive locker room guy by all accounts.
Its rare in pro athletics that you see a truly stand up guy. He's one of them.
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