Call up Phillips! Now!

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Yeah I could see the GM steering things if he has a first time coach behind the bench and lots of experience himself.

But with Sutter's experience, and personality there's no way he's in charge of the day to day roster.

I'm sure they have regular conversations about how players are performing and who may be in line to be called up if necessary. If they have to call up a player it's going to be for the role that Darryl expects in the call up. I'm sure Treliving has players on the Wranglers he would prefer to see in the Flames lineup but he has to defer to his two-time Stanley Cup winning coach when it comes to the players that are going to see the ice.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I'm sure they have regular conversations about how players are performing and who may be in line to be called up if necessary. If they have to call up a player it's going to be for the role that Darryl expects in the call up. I'm sure Treliving has players on the Wranglers he would prefer to see in the Flames lineup but he has to defer to his two-time Stanley Cup winning coach when it comes to the players that are going to see the ice.

I would actually be surprised if Treliving and Sutter don't see eye-to-eye on the great majority of hockey ops decisions.

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[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

But certain coaches have passed on playing/developing these players.

Which players? Paul Byron? St. Louis? It doesn't seem like a very big list, especially when compared to those smaller players the team actually developed.

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[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

They could scratch or waive Coleman right now. He is arguably more useless than anyone on line 4, except maybe Lewis. Lucic can hit (if he decides to try) and Ritchie is putting in a few. Coleman however hasn’t really been doing anything. Not hitting, not skating / working, just generally nothing. He has a very large salary too so if he gets picked up on waivers it’s honestly a win. There is zero doubt Phillips is a better option than Coleman. So he is the guy I would target. Maybe Rooney could be waived too.

Then if you must you put Phillips where Dube is and slide Dube to fill Coleman’s spot.

Also wasn’t Sutter the one who came in and said this is merit based? No one is entitled to play in the NHL?

Wow- sure doesn’t look like it.

Admit it ... you chuckled at the irony of Coleman opening the scoring on Saturday night!

[Caged Great]

Sutter always likes to differ attention from his team or player if it's a tough situation. I think with Sutter's comments he's trying to lower the "saviour" aspect that some fans have that Phillips will magically solve the problems.

I'm sure that if Matthew Phillips continues to play this way, he'll get his shot. Then it's up to him. It's also more than likely that if Phillips comes up, he's going to struggle for a while. Eat bread didn't have much success when he first arrived either and I think a good part of the commentaries is to deflect a bit and ease pressure a bit when he does come up.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Admit it ... you chuckled at the irony of Coleman opening the scoring on Saturday night!

hahah 100%

When I saw him score my eyes almost rolled out of my head.

[Young Guns]

Pretty sure the Flames have called up Matthew Phillips for the next 3 road games. Was posted by a close relative on Facebook congratulating him.

[bigrangy]

Neat! Now Pelletier next.

[FlamesAreOne]

Done and done.

[Dx54]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1600899121845800960

[Young Guns]

Edit
And never mind...It was just announced.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

it worked again!

i'll take future requests by dm

[Jore]

Hell yes, now put him in a position to succeed

[DeluxeMoustache]

/thread

[Iginla]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

it worked again!

i'll take future requests by dm

Yes, because this thread is why they called him up....

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Iginla

Yes, because this thread is why they called him up....

Let djsFlames have this one. He needs a win.

Don’t recommend DMing him though.

[Kidder]

56 regular season games left. 23 game playoff run to the Cup. Win Conn Smyth. And retain his rights as a RFA with 80 games played.

It’s all unfolding perfectly!