[News] With the 166th OA pick the Flames select C Matthew Phillips

[sureLoss]

welcome to the Flames

[JurassicTunga12]

Calgary kid

[keenan87]

Lots of centers being drafted

[sureLoss]

small 5'7'' 161lbs but shoots R

Ranked #204 by Hockeyprospect.com
Ranked #135 by Future Considerations
Ranked #81 by NHL Central Scouting (NA Skaters)

- See more at: http://www.eliteprospects.com/player....wiwB33DZ.dpuf

[puffnstuff]

Bubba! Awesome

[Trailer Fire]

5'7? Seems to have had a good year with the Royals.

[nightfx]

Gaudreau 2.0?

[StrykerSteve]

Hockeydb lists him as 5'6 137

[sureLoss]

166th OA and undersized players for the Flames = $$$$

[bax]

Seems a lot like the Mangiapane pick, no?

[Reggie Dunlop]

Future Stick Boy?

[dammage79]

5'7" is the tallest Ive seen. Size don't mater though. Kid is fast I remember him being talked about a fair bit when I was in Victoria.

[PeteMoss]

Good on Treliving and Flames management. They see where the game is going. Its a speed and skill game now.

[TheScorpion]

He's got a great twitter account: https://twitter.com/mattphillips_8

[Red Menace]

This is the time to take gambles....like the pick

[JurassicTunga12]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

He's got a great twitter account: https://twitter.com/mattphillips_8

He's all about the birthdays

[FlamesAddiction]

Is he committed to a college/university next year?

[Roof-Daddy]

He's a 5'7 Joe Colborne with more speed.

Is that getting old yet?

[TheScorpion]

Darren Haynes ‏@DarrenWHaynes 2m2 minutes ago
At No. 166, same pick the #Flames used to draft Theoren Fleury and Andrew Mangiapane, they select 5-foot-6 dynamo Matthew Phillips. #Karma

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Is he committed to a college/university next year?

ummm he plays for the WHL Royals