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Originally Posted by Naitix
Except context has significant effect? Hockey is a game of confidence, you do not come in as a call up and play with the same confidence you just did in the minors in your first game. You can say all you want about NHLer needs to do this and that but the reality is that he is human first, and taking in context matters.
Phillips played a great game, my comment was more directed towards people who wanted to see more from him, which is stupid considering it is his first game and his focus was to have a good simple game
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I agree, Phillips played very well within his means. That said, there are no excuses at an NHL level. You are good enough or you aren't. An NHLer cannot wait for the perfect conditions. It is a marathon, and you need to be excellent shift in shift out. I am not saying he can't do this, I am saying an NHLer needs to do this.