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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
For all we know, Phillips may want out. He has been in the AHL for 4 seasons now, and has only one game to show for it. Maybe he feels like there is some roadblock here to his career moving forward?
Personally, I don't think he gets a shot in Calgary unless he forces Sutter's hand in camp/preseason. I don't he has shown enough at the AHL level, especially considering that he doesn't offer the Flames much else if he is not going to be a scorer. We will see what happens, but I am betting they never go to arbitration and this was just a 'just in case' thing for him.
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Phillips is just ensuring that he gets a substantial raise from the $80k he earned last year.
Froese, Kirkland, Gawdin, Philp, etc. all got substantial raises this year. Philp is now at $250k and the rest are north of $450k.
Lil Matty might still be an RFA, but he is better than all of those players and should be paid accordingly or at least on par with those guys.