Do we give steak to a baby?

"Do we give steak to a baby?" is a quote by former Senators Coach Guy Boucher about Thomas Chabot during the summer of 2017. The Senators had just gone to the Eastern Conference Final and Chabot was trying to make the roster after having won MVP at the World Juniors and leading the Saint John Sea Dogs to a Memorial Cup appearance.

The full quote from Boucher reads, “The only focus Chabot should have is making the team. Period. After that, if he makes the team, then we’ll see after where he fits. Let him chew on what he can. Do we give steak to a baby? We give him what he can and then, as he’s able to take more, we give him more".

Chabot was assigned to the Belleville Senators at the end of the 2016/17 training camp. He scored 7 points in 13 games for Belleville before eventually being recalled to the Senators where he played 63 games and scored 25 points.