Rangers Agree to Terms With Alexander Frolov

[Thrillhouse]

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Alexander Frolov.

Frolov has surpassed the 20-goal plateau in five of his seven NHL campaigns, including two 30-goal seasons in 2006-07 and 2008-09. Frolov, 28, has skated in 536 career regular season contests with the Los Angeles Kings, registering 168 goals and 213 assists for 381 points, along with 210 penalty minutes. He has recorded 24 multi-goal games in his career, including three career hat-tricks.

“Alex is a highly skilled player who we feel will play a key role in improving our offense and play in all situations,” stated Sather. “He is strong competitor and has the ability to play either wing position.”

In 2006-07, Frolov established career-highs in games played (82), goals (35), assists (36) and points (71). He led the Kings in goals and game-winning goals (six) that season, and finished second on the team in points. He was one of only two players on the roster that appeared in all 82 games, and tied for third on the team in shots on goal (195).

In 2008-09, Frolov led the team in goals (32) and power play goals (12) while finishing second on the team in points (59) and power play points (25). It marked the third time in his career that he led the Kings in goals, having previously led his team in goals in 2003-04 and 2006-07. Frolov also led the Kings and ranked sixth in the NHL with an 18.2 shooting percentage. He registered 14 multi-point efforts, leading Los Angeles to an 11-1-2 record in those contests.

On January 21, 2009, Frolov tallied two goals at Colorado, including his 20th of the season to become the first Kings player to record at least 20 goals in five straight seasons since Luc Robitaille registered eight consecutive 20-goal seasons from 1986-87 to 1993-94. Frolov finished the season strong, tallying 30 points (14 goals and 16 assists) in his final 32 games.

As a rookie in 2002-03, Frolov tied for third in the league among first-year players in plus-minus rating (plus-12) and ranked fourth in shots on goal (141). He made his NHL debut on October 9, 2002 vs. Phoenix, and tallied his first career point with an assist on October 19, 2002 vs. Vancouver. He notched his first career goal at MSG on October 25, 2002 vs. the Rangers.

The 6-2, 210-pounder appeared in 81 games with Los Angeles last season, registering 19 goals and 32 assists for 51 points, along with 26 penalty minutes. Frolov registered two, four-game point streaks during the month of October – from October 3 vs. Phoenix to October 10 at St. Louis (one goal and three assists), and October 22 vs. Dallas to October 28 at San Jose (three goals and four assists) -– and finished the season’s opening month with 12 points (four goals and eight assists) in 13 games.

He registered 10 multi-point performances, including a season-high, four-point effort on March 8 vs. Columbus (one goal and three assists). The seven-year veteran appeared in his 500th career NHL game vs. St. Louis on January 9.

Internationally, Frolov has represented Russia in several major tournaments. Most recently, he captured the Silver Medal with his native country at the 2010 World Championships.

In 2006, he made his Olympic debut for Russia at the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Frolov also won a Gold Medal with Russia at the 2002 World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic. He led the team and ranked second among all tournament skaters with six goals, and tied for the team lead and third overall with eight points.

The Moscow, Russia native was originally Los Angeles’ first round choice, 20th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

[lakingsfan19]

one-year, $3M contract

I bet Fro has a great season this year. He is a pretty good shut down forward as well.

I wonder if Avery had anything to do with this, they are good friends.

[T800m101]

Originally Posted by lakingsfan19

I bet Fro has a great season this year. He is a pretty good shut down forward as well.

I wonder if Avery had anything to do with this, they are good friends.

Avery has friends??

[lakingsfan19]

Originally Posted by T800m101

Avery has friends??

I know.... I think he was the only one Avery was able to make friends with on the Kings, besides Kostop and Thronton.

[NickDoh]

Originally Posted by T800m101

Avery has friends??

yup, they go fashion shopping together. really.

i have a reason to watch the east this year. i really think frolov's career is on an upswing contrary to the numbers he posted last season. he was LAs scapegoat all season for whatever the eff reasons. he should be next in line of kings that go on to greener pastures.

(will be a secret rangers fan next season... shhhh)

[lakingsfan19]

Originally Posted by NickDoh

yup, they go fashion shopping together. really.

i have a reason to watch the east this year. i really think frolov's career is on an upswing contrary to the numbers he posted last season. he was LAs scapegoat all season for whatever the eff reasons. he should be next in line of kings that go on to greener pastures.
(will be a secret rangers fan next season... shhhh)

I still think the Line of, Fro-Hanz-Simmer, was one of the best lines last year. It was also our best shutdown line. What the stats last season don't tell, is Fro was playing against the top forwards last year in a defensive roll.


Good Luck Fro, I too will be watching the Rags!!

[ROZZY]

What a joke DL didnt give Fro a contract at 3 mill a year.

[Janssen25]

Originally Posted by ROZZY

What a joke DL didnt give Fro a contract at 3 mill a year.

Isn't this pretty similar to what he was making last year?

Did the Kings even make an offer to Frolov? Although his point totals have been on the decline, this still seems to be a decent price for someone of his potential.

[Blouin]

we'll take it. not my money, but if he scores, good.

[bigjack]

A 20 goal 50 point guy on the Rangers almost doesn't exist. They need some scoring badly so he'll help and like Prospal it's a smart deal.

[ROZZY]

Originally Posted by Janssen25

Isn't this pretty similar to what he was making last year?

Did the Kings even make an offer to Frolov? Although his point totals have been on the decline, this still seems to be a decent price for someone of his potential.

Kings didnt offer he anything!!! I believe he made in the 4 mill range last year. Frolov on the 1st line or 2nd he can put up points. Bummed the Kings didnt resign him

[vic714]

Originally Posted by bigjack

A 20 goal 50 point guy on the Rangers almost doesn't exist. They need some scoring badly so he'll help and like Prospal it's a smart deal.

tiger williams in his career had those type of numbers a few times just like this guy and also put up 300 pim's,this guy will be like the many many many busts the rangers sign.gone by mid season.

[bigjack]

http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm...id=DL|NYR|home

Some nice video here!

[pitslam]

This blows. The Kings started to look up last year and now they have been gutted again lol. Usually you gut for cap space but DL guts because god forbid we have more than one winning season. It's going to be a long year
I have been a kings fan for 27 years and the least they could have done to keep me watching is give Fro that little bit of money. (sad part is, I'll watch anyway)

[bigjack]

Originally Posted by vic714

tiger williams in his career had those type of numbers a few times just like this guy and also put up 300 pim's,this guy will be like the many many many busts the rangers sign.gone by mid season.

Tiger Williams was a 43 point scorer over his career and this guy is averaging 58 points in a full year. Not close and he's on a one way cheap deal so time will tell. If he scores 25 goals and 55-60 points on that cheap contract, it was a hell of a move by Sather.