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Size him up, and it’s easy — too easy — to count this kid out.

To his credit, Matthew Phillips doesn’t seem like such a long-shot anymore.

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Make no mistake, nobody is calling Phillips a can’t-miss, but it feels less and less far-fetched to think that this pint-sized prospect will earn a sniff with the Calgary Flames someday.

“Well . . . he just works at it. This guy works at his game, he gets better,” praised Calgary’s director of player development, Ray Edwards. “He puts the time in. He invests. He’s coachable. You ask the strength guys, he doesn’t miss a day. He doesn’t miss an opportunity to learn. On the ice, skills, mental performance . . . At the end of it, maybe he’s an NHL player and plays 15 years. And if it doesn’t happen, he will never say that he didn’t do everything possible to get it done. He does everything he has to do.

“He’s just a guy you want to see have success because he does everything the right way. For our young guys coming up, it’s like, ‘Just watch this guy.’ Because if you can do what he does, you’ll be just fine.”