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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I never said it's a bad signing - I just think it's a knee-jerk one. It's not a great one though. As long as he remains productive he'll be movable but at the same time look at his playoff stats against Anaheim - 0 goals 0 assists in 17:22. That's the team we're trying to beat and he wasn't very effective against them last year. I would love if Frolik proves me wrong and turns out to be our Justin Williams. I'm just not banking on it.
And considering a great possession players in Jooris got pushed out of the lineup for Bollig/Raymond, I wouldn't bank on it.
In other news, we're just a Czech Centre away from icing a Czech line:
Hudler-Frolik
Smid-Nakladal
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Where's the fine line between knee-jerk and addressing a need? Most people would agree that the Flames needed another top 6 RWer (though ideally RH), some more size, continuing to build on speed as well as a player who would fit into the age bracket and culture if they would pick up a UFA.
The difference between Jooris and Frolik is the natural fact of Frolik being better than any of those 3 players, plus Jooris fighting through a wrist injury for most of the latter part of last season.
It's pretty short sighted looking at one series as an indication of what will come to be for what the player brings to the team. Gaudreau only managed 2 goals an 1 assist, Monahan was only at 1 goal. Anaheim is a very good team and the additions including Frolik will only give the opportunity for any one player to help contribute.