Reports: Alexander Frolov Out For Season with Torn ACL

Ouch that really sucks, even though he didn’t live up too potential, Cally and EC better get back quick, because now we have Newbury and Weise on the 4th line and neither are particularly good.

Neither was Frolov. I’ll take a rookie with enthusiasm over a whiny slacker.

if Frolov and Cally are close as it seems, we’ll have them back by next week. We got 3 games I’d think to cover.

I mean its not like Frolov has been an extremely important player anyway. Maybe its addition by subtraction and he can’t do stupid things with the puck anymore

this story didnt come up for me when the page loaded, so I posted the fanpost….my apologies

Froloaf is a piece of garbage hockey player anyway
goodbye Froloaf, I will miss your wraparounds

cant we go out and get a better winger than Newbury?

This could screw up his career too. Knee injuries kill. Oh well, we are still a deep team without him and he wasn’t playing that well to begin with. I hope he recovers.

surgery’s come a long way for repairs, they’ll probably need to wait a week or so for swelling to go down before operating

i mean, theoretically, he COULD be back for a late playoff run, maybe to score on a fraparound in overtime

I feel bad for the guy, and it’s certainly a blow. But in the long run, it makes the decision-making process that much easier when everyone is healthy. Weise will be sent back as soon as someone is healthy. But after that, I would have hated to see Zuccarello sent back down after the next healthy return. Weise & Newbury leave when Callahan and Christensen are ready. I still have little faith in Prospal’s healing ability, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

there’s goes my punching bag for the season

any thing on callys recovery any word on when he will be back?

How does this affect the cap? Does the remainder of his salary come off if they put him on LTIR? could be useful if they want to acquire somebody at the deadline

I’d like to see Grachev given another chance. I know his stats line is pretty putrid but the kid was rookie of the year in the OHL 2 years ago. I’m not yet convinced he’s a bust.

i wish him all the best, he seems like a good guy.

there goes that frolov to montreal trade huh?

He sure did have a mean raparound

Ryan Bourque?

This seriously hurts the rangers depth. While
frolov wasn’t producing at the level we would have hoped, he is a competent NHL caliber player who can log top 6 minutes without being a detriment. Gotta commend Torts for keeping this team afloat with all the injuries so far.

I was hoping we couldve dished Frolov for a pick at the deadline but looks like that’s not happening. I suspect he is KHL bound come next season given that this contract seemed like a last chance for him.

WHO CARES… Fill his spot with anybody in Hartford and it will suffice. As already pointed out, this is a prime opportunity for a few youngsters. Hopefully one of them shines otherwise we’ll muddle through until the injury bug heals.

I was worried with how he fell and how his leg got trapped under the opposing player. I was very impressed to see him go back onto the ice and try to get a shift in to see what he could do. But when he looked to the bench and gingerly skated back I knew it was bad news.

This will almost certainly be the end of Frolov as a Ranger, I for one am sad about how he is going out. We all expected more offense out of him, and a little more heart, but he did try to get his game going. He had a few GWG for the club. He’ll hopefully be able to play hockey next season, though it will probably be in the KHL. Hope he has a fast recovery and can still play the game.

I’m not that worried…
I think that calling up Newbury sends the following message – we’re not looking for more skill on the front end from a call up – just solid 4th line play.
This leaves us with
Dubi – Step – Zuccs
Aves – AA – Gabby
Feds – Boyle – Prust
Newbury – Dru – Weise

Essentially, they have faith that those 3 lines have enough skill to keep us afloat until Cally comes back, and the 4th line should get some grinding minutes, with Drury possibly seeing time cycled on another line – PP and PK.
If anyone else goes down, then I start worrying – I’m comfortable with the lines above for now.
We don’t want to go desparately seeking another top 6 guy, because we’ll get taken advantage of in a trade for our desparation.