Quoting: MikeKeenanHatesMe
It fills your biggest need. I admit it’s risky but it does help both teams.
There's a lot to unpack here. It does fill our largest need of a big LD.
The risk to the roster for LA is in breaking up that 2nd line of Moore-Danault-Arvidsson. I'm not one who's extremely opposed to that because I think the chemistry comes from Moore and Danault, mostly.
Picks would need to be staggered instead of the same year, and having given up the 2022 first rounder I can't see LA being keen to move their 2023 (even before taking into account the historic draft 2023 is shaping up to be). I'm also still not sure the picks going Calgary's way are the right value. You're playing Arvy as a top line winger, after all.
And Phillips does nothing for LA. Not only is he tiny, which the Kings already need to start getting away from, he's another center for a team that has center depth down to the 8th or 9th C position. Kopitar-Danault-Byfield-Kupari-Lizotte-Turcotte-Thomas are the current ones, but Vilardi and Madden also have been centers.
Taking away the pugilistic player for LA leaves another hole in the roster, so maybe somebody that could replace that aspect coming back instead of Phillips. Not sure who that is on Calgary.
Again... alot to unpack from something like this.