[News] Jan 3 UPD: Frolik's agent complains about his ice time

[sureLoss]

Allan Walsh @walsha
Many people in Calgary have been reaching out asking why Michael Frolik is a healthy scratch. Keeping one of the teams most efficient and versatile forwards in the stands marginalizes and devalues a great team player. Head coach’s attempt to run a good player out of town?

News Update

Allan Walsh @walsha
Michael Frolik with 1 goal, +2 and 5 shots on goal (2nd among all Calgary players) with 11:04 icetime (11th out of 12 forwards). That’s right...11th out of 12 forwards.

[Azure]

Hasn't he been injured for a while? Other players jumped into the lineup and took the chance.

[TheScorpion]

Blegh, I don't like this. Besides, Frolik is clearly better than Czarnik so I imagine he'll be back in before long.

Allan Walsh has had a tendency to say this kind of stuff in the media. This isn't new from him.

[Vinny01]

Frolik is very much expendable I would be fine moving him for a pending ufa player to help wit cap flexibility next season

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Never good when a player might be unhappy but then again agents are all scum and can’t be trusted. I think that makes this one a wash for me.

[flamesforcup]

I can kind of understand Froliks frustration. He signed a UFA deal and has been nothing but amazing for us throughout his whole contract. Peters needs to stop playing favorites with Ryan when Frolik is the better player. I know we are doing great right now but this is one of my beefs with Peters.

[dammage79]

Always figured Frolik was going to be an odd man out before the end of this season. Also felt that as good as Fro is, I don't think he meshes with Peters style. I think we can get good trade value out of a Frolik trade. And if his agent is getting all blustery, things will likely come to a head soon.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

I can kind of understand Froliks frustration. He signed a UFA deal and has been nothing but amazing for us throughout his whole contract. Peters needs to stop playing favorites with Ryan when Frolik is the better player. I know we are doing great right now but this is one of my beefs with Peters.

Doesn't Ryan have insane advanced stats?

I don't really understand why he's on the second PP unit, but otherwise he fits in decently well.

[ClubFlames]

I read his tweet like a Donald Trump tweet.

Many people are reaching out, many many people.

[rage2]

With all that’s going on today maybe we can trade Frolik for McDavid straight up.

[Toonage]

Reunite 3M tomorrow night and lets see how he responds.

[dino7c]

oh god...maybe people should let the coach who is in first place coach the team

Frolik is an okay player, he is definitely not above being scratched...get over it and get ready to be better when you get a chance

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

I can kind of understand Froliks frustration. He signed a UFA deal and has been nothing but amazing for us throughout his whole contract. Peters needs to stop playing favorites with Ryan when Frolik is the better player. I know we are doing great right now but this is one of my beefs with Peters.

Frolik can't take faceoffs, so they are kind of in different-but-the-same roles.

This is not Frolik's voice (I hope not even an echo), so hopefully this just blows over as a poorly thought out tweet from an agent (which it is).

[flamesforcup]

Originally Posted by Azure

Doesn't Ryan have insane advanced stats?

I don't really understand why he's on the second PP unit, but otherwise he fits in decently well.

I like him but i feel like Frolik has deserves the opportunity over him. How many players do we see who sign big ufa deals than mail it in? Frolik gave it 110% every shift and was great for us ever since he signed the deal.

[Kasi]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

I can kind of understand Froliks frustration. He signed a UFA deal and has been nothing but amazing for us throughout his whole contract. Peters needs to stop playing favorites with Ryan when Frolik is the better player. I know we are doing great right now but this is one of my beefs with Peters.

Huh? Ryan and Frolik don’t even play the same position. The question is between Frolik and Dube or Hathaway or one of the other 3/4 line wingers,

[btimbit]

lol, Classic Allan Walsh.

His pinned tweet makes me laugh. He's the Trump of agents, just wants to make soundbytes to get his players attention

https://twitter.com/user/status/1079435164416118784

[kukkudo]

If someone wants Frolik trade him. Saves decent cap space.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

I can kind of understand Froliks frustration. He signed a UFA deal and has been nothing but amazing for us throughout his whole contract. Peters needs to stop playing favorites with Ryan when Frolik is the better player. I know we are doing great right now but this is one of my beefs with Peters.

Who says Frolik is the better player? pretty comparable

Frolik has been amazing? he was pretty terrible last season

[dammage79]

Ol' Walshy is a blustery agent. He's gone off on some epic tangents in the past. This Frolik one is kid'n'play compared to his other ones.

Thing is, he doesn't really pipe up until he has an agenda. This is either to get Fro playing regular minutes with the team or get him moving somewhere where he can.

His tactics are trumpish, but he gets his job done. It's not like he's losing players due to his style.

[TheScorpion]

Ryan is producing better than Frolik and is better defensively than Frolik.

That's not to say that Frolik is a bad player. I think he's exactly the kind of guy that good teams win with. I'd prefer him over Czarnik 10000%.