I just really hope that when Phillips does get his shot, that he performs well enough to become a permanent fixture on the roster. It would be a good sign to have a continued stream of forwards graduating from the A, and take less pressure off of using assets to acquire older players to temporarily address areas of lack.
Although with that said, even if Philipps does come in and is a good top 9 contributor, I hope Tre still makes a trade to bring in another top 6 forward to truly solidify the offensive potential of the roster. Ideally he would just be using the surplus in defenseman on the team to do that now, and doesn't trade any promising prospects or early round draft picks available to do so.
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