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Originally Posted by butterfly
A fringe NHLer can't get 0.5 PPG in 13 minutes a night with zero PP time. Peters was playing mind games, that's why Walsh talked about it.
I have no idea what's wrong with Huberdeau, but the Walsh tweet seems to suggest that there's some sort of disconnect with the coach.
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From Lebrun on frolik-walsh-peters
"The first thing you need to know is that Walsh doesn’t hit Twitter like that unless he has first had a few behind-the-scenes conversations with the organization. And sources do indeed confirm that Walsh and Flames GM Brad Treliving talked about the Frolik situation a few times over the past several weeks before Walsh finally took to social media to hammer Peters.
Now, as it turns out, Frolik was back in the lineup New Year’s Eve and in fact in a top-six role, back on his old line with Mikael Backlund and Matthews Tkachuk. Interesting timing? My understanding from a source in the organization is that Peters had decided hours before the Walsh tweet that this would be the case. I don’t know that Walsh would buy that.
Regardless, it is a situation to monitor going forward. If Frolik doesn’t stay in the mix in a decent role, no doubt Walsh could eventually put pressure on Treliving to move him. If he hasn’t already suggested that possibility.
So, we’ll see where all this heads. Treliving is a level-headed guy and I like the way he’s stick-handled his way around a lot of this so far this season. He’s not going to be forced into anything he’ll regret. The team is winning, and that’s the main thing here."