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Originally Posted by ricardodw
1) Where does Phillips fit in the Line up?
Lindholm and Tkachuk? And Let Gaudreau play on a checking line?
2) compare Phillips to the other 2016 draft pick... Dillon Dube...
Dube was on U-20 Team Canada twice and captain once.
Dube was over a ppg in his 56 AHL game with the never overpowering Heat.
the 2019-20 Heat 30-17-8 was the best all time Heat team ever. 22 year old Phillips was not a ppg. An all skill, tiny player like him has to be a solid ppg player at the AHL level to be considered for a look.
Here is where Sutter thinks where Dube is in his development:
I recall that Tim Ramholt was forced into Keenan's Flames lineup and played for 45 seconds, cost the Flames a goal and his NHL was over.
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To this day I have no idea how a guy like Sutter, who loves his big Western Canadian boys, passed on Weber to take this guy.
Boggles the mind.