Phil Myers is on his way to becoming a top-pair defensemen for the Flyers and in the NHL, but he’s still in the first act of a long journey and is not yet close to a finished product. The 2020 playoffs showed the talent and technique as well as the faults and failures of Myers.
Myers uneven playoffs was frustrating to watch. The mixture of good and bad play offsetting each other. At times, Myers looked like a dominating player on the blueline, and then would do something so egregious and thoughtless it seemed like it was a completely different player.