NHL fans on social media have been vocal and frustrated with head coach Rick Tocchet’s handling of young star forwards Matvey MichkovThis season’s ice and snow season.

Michkov’s average playing time has dropped significantly under Tocchet, with some games even shortening to ten minutes or less. This raises questions about his deployment and overall development under Tocchet.

The most recent explanation from Rick Tocchet that stood out and angered most fans was his response to a question about Matvei Michkov.

“Matvey came into camp not in good shape. It was hard to keep himself in shape,” he said.

One netizen tweeted:

“Tocchet is an old-school coach and he is ruining Michkov. Look at the success Martin St. Louis in Montreal has had with young players!”

@puckempire @PHLY_Flyers Tocchet is an old school coach who is ruining Michikoff. Look at the success Martin St. Louis had with young players in Montreal!

other interject:

“No matter how fat he looks in training camp, you’d think a decent coach would have his players in good shape five months into the season?”

Here are some other popular reactions on X:

“What benefit does such a comment have to the team or the players?” a third fan wrote.

“Talked the same crap to Petey.” An X user posted.

“This guy ruined Peterson in Vancouver. Did the same thing in Philadelphia.” Another user posted.

Tocchet really likes to use this narrative with players he doesn’t like…” Another chimed in.

Matvey Michkov played 53 games this season, scoring 13 goals, contributing 28 points and 15 assists.

Matvei Michkov and Flyers fall in overtime to Los Angeles Kings

this philadelphia flyers Defeated 3-2 after overtime Los Angeles Kings during their most recent game. The Flyers dropped to 24-20 and ranked sixth in the metro area.

At 3 minutes and 10 seconds into the first quarter, Adrian Kempe opened the scoring for the Kings, leading 1-0. He scored his second goal of the game to give the Kings a 2-0 lead at 7:08.

Just 39 seconds into the second quarter, Trevor Zegras used a powerful attack to reduce the Flyers’ deficit to 2-1. Just 25 seconds into the third period, Travis Konecny ​​scored a power-play goal to tie the Flyers at 2-2. Quinton Byfield scored the winning goal for the Kings with 2:48 left in overtime.