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Originally Posted by Poison
It has already been SHOWN on the ice that Andersson can do Brodies role.
It hasnt been shown anyone can do Froliks. You are hoping and guessing on that.
Thats what youre missing.
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It has been shown by him playing a small handful of games with Gio but hardly proven. Bennett has more looks with the second line than Andersson with the top pair so a smaller sample size for Bennett could give the same hope.
Ultimately Frolik played 4th line and was scratched last year. He is a decent player but not a long term fit and his 4.3M cap hit is extremely prohibitive to the team right now. Luckily he has 1 year left and is not Neal bad so he is movable.
I think it would be nice for the Flames to add a better second line winger but if that is not the case they have internal candidates that can step up in the form of Bennett, Mangipane, and Dube. Just like the Flames have the 4 D 22 and younger that can help fill the loss of Brodie