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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
I'm salty I never got to see Phillips play. Went to the Wranglers in December just after he was called up and then saw the Flames couple days later where he sat in the press box.
Can't really speak on the player but this does speak to general bad asset management from the Flames. Maybe he isn't an NHLer but needed more time to prove it. Am reminded of my high school football tryouts when told if the coaches were deciding between a Senior and Junior, they'd pick the younger player every time because they had more potential. If a crappy high school coach can figure this out why can't the Flames?
Hopefully Conroy can reverse the trend of prioritising veteran intangibles over youth.
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Some , if not most, young and smaller late drafted players do not have the talent nor size to play in the NHL. The AHL is many miles from the NHL.
Prioritizing veterans over unqualified youth (25 yrs old) has little to nothing to do with overcoming these deficits.
Theoren Fleury type players are one or two in a generation.
Phillips hasn’t got the tools nor physical capabilities to be a top 9 forward, nor the upside.
Unfortunate, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.