[TheScorpion]

I do think most of the discourse about why Phillips hasn't played comes down to appeals to authority ("clearly the Flames don't think he's good enough") whereas they could've easily just not tendered him or signed him years ago if that were the case.

But I also think the discussion of bias is largely pointless. Phillips is having a great camp. He's getting opportunities. In the past, he hasn't had great camps. He didn't get opportunities. And then when he had great regular seasons, the Flames had already set their rosters and no opportunities came because they were pretty much fully healthy. Simple as that.

Phillips has earned an NHL shot and I think it'll come, and I think the only thing left to do is watch what unfolds. His stock has certainly risen from where it was a week ago.