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Originally Posted by 8sPOT
It's not like Dube or Mangiapane are doing anything right now, what's the harm in giving Phillips a look in one of their spots?
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The only issue I have with this is that the Mangiapane-Kadri-Dube line is fundamentally lacking someone who can really protect the puck and control the puck along the boards when the pace slows down, the way Huberdeau/Lindholm/Toffoli do on their line and Ruzicka does on his line, and to an admittedly lesser extent Backlund does on his line. Phillips doesn't really resolve that issue. But the answer isn't to ignore Phillips, it's to spread out and balance the skillsets on each line.