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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think he should have been given more games to make it, but according to Dobber he didn't really get stuck solely on 4th line. His biggest minutes were with Backlund and Ruzicka. His second (by 50%) was with Ruzicka and Zohorna - that's 4th line but with his AHL buddies. He had under 1:00 with any other combo, and never played with Lucic (14 seconds with Lewis, suggesting an overlap on a line change or something).
https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/...tthew-phillips |
I'm pretty sure Sutter actually talked about not putting Phillips on the fourth line in order to give him a chance to succeed. Got time on PP2 as well.
I would have given him more games/minutes but Sutter obviously wasn't that impressed.