[bigrangy]

I would argue that, right now, Phillips is no worse of a hockey player than Matt Tkachuk. Obviously, they project very differently, but at the junior level, both players have roughly the same impact on a game. Tkachuk as the third wheel on a top line and Phillips as the leader of the second line. It's not even remotely out of the ordinary that he could have had a better dev camp than Tkachuk, and therefore receive a higher rating in whichever ranking is used.