Opportunity knocks for young Blackhawks defensemen, but who will answer?
SEATTLE — Isaak Phillips is not a man hurting for confidence. He might be just 22, and he might have been a fifth-round pick just three years ago, but Phillips believes he belongs in the NHL. No, check that, he knows he belongs in the NHL. But on the flight to Edmonton earlier this week, as he prepared to play his first game in a true top-three role, his first 20-plus-minute game, his first NHL game in his native Canada, and his first time going up against Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, Phillips did have one nagging thought. “You don’t want to be on NHL Network for the next three...
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