[TheScorpion]

For the "Phillips never made anything of his opportunities in Calgary" crowd ...

Phillips has played more this preseason than in his last three preseasons with the Flames combined, and on a line with a legit NHL centre in Strome.

This is the kind of opportunity people were waiting for him to get in Calgary at any point in time. It never even happened after they were eliminated from playoff contention. Playing the AHL's best young goal-scorer on a line with career AHLers in a fourth-line role in a couple token mismatched road games? That's not actually what a real opportunity looks like. This is an opportunity, and it would've been so easy for the Flames to give it to him at any point instead of playing the Ritchies or Lucic. That's why people are still annoyed by this.