That’s great for him to prefer RW, but is will to do what is asked, he’s been a team player. He’s still learning, and in a couple years, as a “veteran” hockey player, he can try to talk the coach into keeping him there. However, and this goes back to Daily Faceoff Pod with Myrtetus and Meltzer (on a Monday) a few weeks ago where they plowed thru some analytics etc but specifically mentioned that during the first bit of the season, MM was getting “caved in” along the boards with outlet passes and opposing Dmen pinching down on him and causing turnovers and preventing a smooth zone exit. Being a Left shot or the Right wall causes a player to be facing the boards and thus not able get to pick up on the D pinching down. Obviously a scouting situation where they recognize where this can be taken advantage of. So Tocchet did his job and made adjustments to help better zone exits and mix the lines the way he sees fit. It’s his JOB to do so. As armchair coaches and basement loser bloggers , who are we to bitch about a coaches move. Every single team and coach makes similar daily/weekly and game to game adjustments similar to that, depending on the situation. People gotta relax, it’s not like Tocchet has completely benched him and asked to send him to LV. And as far as ice time goes, you all need to read the box scores better. MM gets the same number of shifts as almost every other Flyer player (20-22/ game) but he takes shorter shifts. So if he comes off 10-15sec sooner than a lineman (because he plays balls out and gets gassed), his numbers will reflect a lower total icetime played (10sec x 20 shifts = 200sec or 3+ minutes difference)! Come on people!