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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
He was falling all over and had a tough time carrying the puck. Like Sutter said his size is a real issue. I didnt see anything impressive about him tonight except he didnt hurt the team. Which in itself is a win. But please dont trot out some ridiculous advanced stats when he played such small ice time, mostly on PP2 to try and make some point.
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People see what they wanna see, I guess.
I saw Phillips with multiple key takeaways, a solid zone entry on the pp about fifteen seconds before the Hanifin goal, a solid zone exit that resulted in genuine speed down the middle (something this team sorely lacks), a puck battle in the corner that resulted in a glorious Mangiapane chance, and just a general level of play that made dropping Coleman down a line possible. And no, I don't think Phillips was even the second best player on his line, but that's a testament to how strongly the other two have been for us.