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Originally Posted by Sofa GM
At the end of the last Trade thread lots of talk of graduating up guys like Phillips, Ruzicka and Gawdin…… we have way too positive of light on our prospects. These guys are PTO fodder in the rest of the league guys come on. Gawdin is a plug, looked completely lost in the time he got into the line up. Probably need to give another brief, and very brief, look at Phillips. Everyone always compares him to other small guys such as Yamamoto or Caufield, but he isn’t in that class. He isn’t strong enough on this skates relative to those other guys so probably won’t be able to transition to the NHL. These are a group of career AHLers, let’s accept that and quit putting them on pedestals like they are the next group of saviours.
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Your take I think is too heavy handed. I agree to an extent on Phillips, he has all the skill but doesn't have the mass for the NHL....so far.
Gawdin has seen NHL time, hasn't done much with it and I don't think he has the extra gear for a full time role. Just my opinion.
But I think you're dead wrong on Ruzicka. Flames seem really high on him and for good reason. Size, skating, skill he has all the important bits ready to go. Needs consistency in his game.
I do think he is a prime candidate for the 4th line C role this year. They make him work for it but I think it's his.