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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Frolik was the fifth best offensive forward for the Flames last season, and this year ranks #6. There is always going to a lower-scoring player on every line, but Frolik's very consistent +40 pts/GP average is very much within acceptable parameters of top-six production, especially considering the alternatives.
Besides, I think the plan for this team and their deployment of players is to build three effective scoring lines, and in that situation whether Frolik is a third or fourth line winger is fairly negligible.
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The idea is to strive to be better not be happy with mediocre production. He's not been that great offensively this season and I feel Tkachuk needs better line mates. Backlund is serviceable in a 2nd line role but Frolik's rounding into a 30-40 point guy which can definitely be improved upon.