Sitting to the right and left of Roman Polak’s dressing room stall at the Maple Leafs practice facility, Auston Matthews and Curtis McElhinney can’t help but chuckle when they hear how the 31-year-old maintains his body during the physically-taxing regular season.



“Eat good, sleep good, that’s it pretty much,” Polak says.



The Czech defenceman says he doesn’t go for treatment — massage, for instance — because he’s old-school and wants his body to feel tight.



“If I feel good I don’t need to touch it,” Polak explains. “If you don’t feel good then you need to get treatment. But why would you want to change it if you feel good?”



“And you always feel good buddy,” Matthews chimes in. “Gas and go.”



“I always feel good,” Polak confirms. “Body’s great boys. Why would you want to change it?”



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