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Originally Posted by New Era
I have zero doubt Phillips lacks NHL size. I am also very skeptical his skill translates to the NHL. If he were NHL talent he would be in the NHL and the team would not have loaded up on known quantities, as limited as they were...
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That is a pretty convenient post-hoc read on the situation. In fact, the Flames could not really have started the season with Phillips on the roster: He lost a lot of time on IR last season, and in the last few weeks coming back before the cancelation in March he did not look quite right. Before Flames training camp Phillips had played only a handful of middling games in a calendar year; there is no way the Flames were going to start him in the NHL after only an abbreviated training camp, and this had almost nothing to do with whether or not he is an NHL talent.
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