I think Phillips made the right call to be honest for this season - with Mangiapane, Pelletier, and Coronato on this roster I don't see much space for him.
The problem remains s though that becasue of Sutter he didn't get a look either of the past two seasons. In the 20-21 season prior to the Toffoli trade, and all season last year, this team was dying for a RH offensive RW to play in the top 9 and he was pretty much refused a spot because of his size.
Now maybe it changes nothing, he never sticks, and we're in the same spot right now...but at least we would have been able to have closure on it. And best case maybe he does show that he can be a top 9 offensive player and either him or somebody else on this team
Then become a trade asset.
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