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Originally Posted by New Era
Or maybe Matthew has some maturity issues? Matty needs to lean some stuff. Pick your spots. Know when to play dirty and when to stir #### up. Know when to riot and know when to protest in silence. Know that when you do stupid #### you are asking your team mates to take a punch in the face for you. Your team mates are going to get tired of such behaviors if you ask them too often. Matthew has some growing up to do because what he does is a double edged sword. It fires up the opposition to make him look stupid, and it causes his own team to build "Tkachuk fatigue." The last thing we need is that fatigue building. I believe that is the message that was sent to him and now he's pouting.
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He's a young player leading a team and playing an emotional style of game.
It's not going to go over perfectly all the time, but his maturity actually seems quite high for his age and better than most of his teamates.
He will make mistakes but the last thing you want to do is neuter a player like this and destroy the upside with the down.
It's no different than forcing a gifted scorer to become too defensive.
You want to be careful not to force the strengths right out of their game, finding the perfect balance takes time.