Confirmed Trade: [CHI/WPG] Dmitry Kuzmin for Isaak Phillips

[BHawk21]

Phillips is a good get for the Jets depth. He can come play 6th D just fine in a pinch.

 

[VikingAv]

I hate you Kyle. I loved Isaak in our pool. He had the best +/- from Rockford's defense by a significant margin

Phillips is a terrible D even in the AHL. Also Kuzmin is a fellow Belarusian to play LD with Levshunov.

So, what exactly is Phillips?

 

[Hawkaholic]

I've never understood our boards hype for Phillips. He's a good AHL Dman, nothing more, nothing less. Can come up in a pinch for a game or 2 if you have injuries, but that's about it. But who knows, maybe he'll pull a Forsling, but don't count on it.

 

[Chainshot]

Take note, trades are allowed to happen..


Looking at you Vancouver

I mean, Vancouver basically carried the trade board for the first half of last season. They did all the things, almost no other team was making moves outside of moves with Vancouver. This year... not so much.

 

[Castle8130]

So, what exactly is Phillips?

Good AHL defenseman with strong character. Plays a typical two-way style. If things go right for him, I can see him being an NHL regular

 

[Hunter368]

Depth move only, Jets trade a depth D for a depth D, certainly not a big move but I like it overall. Win win

Edit

 

[Mrfenn92]

Depth move only, Jets trade a depth winger for a depth D, certainly not a big move but I like it overall. Trading from a position of strength to fill a position of need. Win win

Both dmen

 

[Shlep]

So, what exactly is Phillips?

Polarizing.

 

[nofehr]

This is a good sign for these boards. A blockbuster like this and the servers weren't overloaded. Bodes well for the trade deadline, as I doubt there'll be a bigger trade than this.

 

[Bizz]

Plan the parade.

 

[Do or Die]

Chevy running wild.....

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Plan the parade.

Which team tho?

 

[Bizz]

Which team tho?

 

[voyageur]

Just isn’t room for Phillips (01). Season is over half over. Fell behind Vlasic (01), Kaiser (02), Allan (03) all of whom play on left side. Then you have Korchinski (04) who was a high pick and will need nhl opportunity next season. You’d also like to see what you have with Del Mastro (03) will be in the last year of his elc next year. Phillips was already post ELC and a waiver clear. On right side, Crevier (01) is in same contract situation as Phillips and got a call up and has played pretty well. Rinzel (04) is probable to sign following his college season and then of course Levshunov (05) was a very high pick.

There was just no way he was going to be signed and a super low likelihood that something would happen between now and end of season that would cause that to be thought about differently. Probably a little bit of a do right by if there’s a shot there with Winnipeg based on injuries. He does have a shot to be a 6/7 defenseman in a 200-300 game nhl carer as he doesn’t 24 until September. It just wasn’t going to be so in Chicago.

Seems like a good trade for both teams. Kuzmin showed some potential early in the Young Stars tournament, but his game is largely seen as high event.

Moose have struggled on defense this year with the returning faces not including Heinola or Capobianco and their best prospect Salomonsson being injured.

The veteran of the defense is Ashton Sauntner, an AHL contract playing closer to home. The lack of left hand d-prospects and Kuzmin being inconsistent has led to several RH d-man playing their offside this year.

Should help stabilize the Moose, as Dylan Coghlan seems to be an injury away from recall again. And their captain Toninato has been recalled, and might get an extended stay as a familiar teammate of many of the players in the Jets dressing room.

I noticed Phillips wore an A for Rockford so a little bit of leadership on a struggling team that has made some strides in the new year might be valuable over here.

Any ideas what to expect in Phillips? Seems like he is a physical defenseman?