Rangers agree to terms with Former King Alexander Frolov(All Frolov talk here)

Sweaters will never be the same

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Originally Posted by nosoupforyou

you are comparing Fro to Luc?

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his situation, not the player. Not getting a call as a UFA from the team you were previously with would be pretty unprofessional in my book. Better to tell the player "look management is looking for something different" and let it be. Less of the bridge burned that way.

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Originally Posted by Vortex

Turn on the NHL network and watch the Kings/Vancouver series. Frolov was one of the only Kings players who got better as the series went on.

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And we still lost. So whats your point?

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Originally Posted by Goallum

By treating him like s*** and failing to even express interest until too late.

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How exactly is a GM supposed to treat and express an interest in a guy he doesn't particularly want back?

Look, you know I've never been much of a DL fan. And you might remember the epic Frolov battles I got in with Neil because I've always thought Frolov could be a franchise player with the Kings. But Frolov has run his course with the Kings. He's turned into what Modin became (a guy you love to have on the 3rd line and lament every damn day that he doesn't try hard enough to play on the top 2 lines) and I hope for his sake he can have a rennaisance the way Modin did and become a key player for whatever team he plays on.

I got over Frolov-the-King this last season and I've moved on. He won't play for the Kings at what his value is. I don't doubt that he might score 35 goals for the Rangers as they miss the playoffs once again and he just might get some sucker GM to pay him $35M on a 5 yr contract. But I believe he'll go to some team and do the same for them that he's done for the Kings: play solid on the puck, score a bunch of goals, and loaf alot.

Frolov has become that stereotypical frustrating Russian who just doesn't care enough.

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Originally Posted by nocturn

And we still lost. So whats your point?

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are we not supposed to be getting better? I guess it's better to keep the stiffs that lost us the series, rather than the ones who actually played well enough for us to win it.

Randy Jones is still available.

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Originally Posted by darby

It's not a matter of beating it.

Here's my guess of Fro's point of view:

With the Rangers, not only is he reunited with his buddy Avery, but his other reported buddy Volchenkov is gonna be in town with the Devils. For one year, he can play in a better role to get his numbers up on the East Coast in a big market. If he likes it and they like him, he can sign long term or he can shop himself around next season. Chances are, he gets more than 3 million on that contract.

Meanwhile, if he plays here, he'll have to play for Terry Murray, and we've seen how that works as far as getting a good contract.

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I agree completely, I think the kings needed to be at 4 million to make it worth fro's while. Could the kings afford that, not sure. Within 500k of what DL probably had budgeted until the 5 million number got floated out. In any case this one had the writing on the wall the whole time. In any event last season I was prepared for his possible departure and now that it's happened I'm not surprised.

So much for finding that left winger, eh?

Now watch as Frolov pots 40 this year playing with NYR

I'm REALLY curious to see what Lombardi has in mind for Plan D.

Wow. I thought he get around $5M. $3M is an absolute steal for Fro.

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Thank you Terry Murray for putting Frolov in the doghouse and making him not wanting to play here anymore! $3 million is definitely a low-risk investment for him, and I will still wear my Frolov jersey at every Kings game that I attend!