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Originally Posted by New Era
Sure, and Martin St. Louis is a great comparison for Matthew Phillips.  |
I know you aren't being the least bit serious or open-minded, but I will take the time to give you my two cents anyway.
No, St. Louis and Phillips aren't quite similar in my mind. The most similar player to St. Louis on the Flames is Mangiapane. Out of all the 'small guys' in the org, I think Mangiapane most resembles the play style of St. Louis. They both play physical and drive towards the net, and use their low center of gravity to maintain control of the puck. Mangiapane is getting better and better all the time, and I think he will benefit from working on mirroring St. Louis' 'tree trunk legs', as it will help him battle. Gaudreau shouldn't bulk up that much as he is more of the shifty playmaker.
Phillips - at least to me - falls somewhere in the middle of that. If you really pressed me for a comparison to a former Flame, I would say it would be Mullen - small, tough in the way he takes punishment, seemingly does really well even though you keep expecting him to fail.
Also, you must really fricken hate Bennett if you can't even acknowledge a similar play style. It is either that, or you haven't seen Roberts playing. Bennett is a LOT like Roberts. Doesn't mean he will be as good as Roberts or have his career, but he does PLAY much the same way as Roberts did.
Since you brought up St Louis, I am sure that you were one of the handful of people that felt St Louis was a can't miss player who would go on to have HHOF career, right? He showed less in Calgary than Bennett did. Flames never gave him a real good look with good players.
That's all us fans that see 'something' in Bennett want - for Calgary to make absolutely sure that they aren't 'St Louis-ing' or "Giguere-ing" or even "Savard-ing" him before trading him away. So far, so good I would say.