When Myers plays on the line, he can be Chara-nasty and not take a penalty most of the time.
Every season as NHL rules and awareness change, it takes him a good amount of games to find the line between what is acceptable and what is a penalty. And he’ll always slowly push the line up.
So at some point in the season, Myers will still be taking as many penalties, but they’ll be for much more nasty stuff than the pansy hockey we see reffing early in the season.