You're a day late and a dollar short. Soap opera's over. Fro's going nowhere.

The Pens don't have that kind of cap space. Who would they unload to get him?

The Habs surely need more offence, but players with bad attitudes are many (some Euro players just don't get it) and belong in the KHL.

I have writtien about Frolov before, but this time it appears as if it is situation critical. The Kings have to keep him, they absolutley have to. Frolov gives teh Kings a striomg ability in two major areas, both of which are crucial to winning playoff hockey: he scores goals and he controls pucks in the offensive zone. The Kings win when they become a puck-control team, which is what all the great teams can do. Like Detroit, for example. Detroit keeps the puck and forechecks relentlessly. Forget about not giving up the blue line on a rush, or not giving up the red line with speed, Detroit is in your face not giving up possession to you in your own defensive zone so you can't even get a good breakout. And the way they do that is with possession of the puck, gap control, back pressure and pinching. Frolov's game fits that style perfectly; he is a puck hog, and one of the best pickpockets in the game, plus he is an offensive threat when he gets the puck back. This is our top goal scorer for "crise sakes", and he is doing excellent work this year on the checking line.
Frolov's stride is not liek a Patrick O'Sullivan, where there is high turnover and quick feet and tons of energy exhibited. Frolov is a power skater that doesn't look like he is moving fast, but he is moving fast enough nonetheless. He is like a Niklas Lidstrom, where you never seem to see him work hard, but the job just gets done by position and smarts and stick ability.
The Kings need to realize that Frolov is just the quintessential analytical player, he is never going to be a rah rah guy. He is not going to deliver bone-crunching checks, but instead he is going to get body position and steal the puck, then wear the other team out in their own zone and then score thirty goals a year. Frolov is a two way player whose game will remain effective in a playoff atmosphere when it is grinding down low and a battle for the puck, with in-tight passes and gritty corner play that generates chances. When we need a momentum change, just send out Frolov to hold the puck for a 45 second shift. When it is two of them and one Frolov going for the puck in the corner, Frolov is more likely to come out with the puck than not. So what if the guy is expressionless, or low-key, he plays very well defensively, and scores goals, and hogs the puck. Keep him, pay him, and look for "heart and passion" in what his game actually is, and recognize where he is already completely effective.

Worthless to San Jose, well unless McLellan plans on playing him as a D in hopes that 4 shooters on the ice is like the punch-kick (you can only block one). The sharks need Defense, because these baseball scores are killing me.

word is all those teams are interested in him? Who's their source...I would imagine just people commenting on articles. And their article source is the Bleacher Report...come on, seriously? Have you read any of their articles?

Nice, intelligent comment Player X. I don't think the Kings use Fro according to his strengths. They need to match him up with better linemates and let them do their job.

Pens are approx. 4 million under today's salary cap. They could trade Dupuis and a draft pick for Frolov?

Trade Fro, he is a lazy underachiever who has never lived up to his potential. Player X, what you said describes Fro, but only half the time, the other half he doesnt show up, doesnt try his hardest and doesnt produce! He should be scoring more than 35 with his talent, no matter what line he is on! He is a selfish player, not a team player...trade him!!!

I think Player X is Frolov. I agree with Seabass. Dupuis isn't worth Ducrap! Trade him and a pick or Kunitz. If you can't score with Crosby on your line then you can't score.

to the last blogger. you might put most of the team in that category and most of them don't score 30 goals a season. hopefully pittsburgh gets him,then he'll have a stanley cup ring before the kings even get out of the cellar.

If Pit gets him he will explode offensively. The comments are correct, he doesn't play hard every game, but with Sid he will be in the offensive zone most of the damn game...and he will be dominant. Give him the chance to score all the time and he will surprise you with his effort. Detroit or Vancouver could also be nice fits for him but unlikely with cap restrictions.

trade him to ottawa for cheechoo and ilya zubov

Boston could use him in the wake of their injuries, send Ference there way, include one of the rediculous number of picks they have if need be...

Fro for Kunitz... go Pens

Does anyone else notice how this guy can not seem to stay on his feet?? Yes, he can protect the puck along the boards but then usually looses it when he is double teamed. I have never really been impressed with Fro and would say he does not fit the Kings "new" style of play that will hopefully put us in a better place in the standings come April!

Please send him to Boston for Sturm. You can't win in this day and age without Russians!

Go angels!

Penguins won't trade Kunitz, if you watch there pre-game show and their games, they just recently mentioned how big of a factor he is to this offense (even though he hasn't gotten his scoring touch).. he does all the dirty, corner work which the penguins haven't had in a while. If he were to go, expect Dupuis, 4th liner, and 3-5th rounder in 2010. Dupuis would erase approximately 1.2 mill of there cap.. so that works as well and Dupuis has been roaming the trade block for over a year now and since they Penguins have depth on the 4th line (even some young guys in the AHL)...i would expect 1 of them to go as well... thats just my opinion if they were to trade for him... and i could definately see it happening.. GO PENS!

sharks don't need frolov, we need a very good puck-moving d-man to play with boyle since heatley aint up our cap space

I like what pimmaple3 said. I would trade Fro for Cheechoo, but that wont happen, the Kings will end up getting either a wash up that was great 7 years ago or a janitor and his mop.

Frolov for the likes of Cheechoo? Frolov will bring much more than that, though the Kings would have been smarter not to air their dirty laundry in public.

let him play on the top two lines and he will put in 40 goals...when he played top line with demitra and conroy a few years back as a young player he put in alot for the time he played and being young. if you play a guy with defensive grinders all the time you aren't going to get points out of him play him on the top line with smyth and that lines has even more points going forward then they do with williams. DONT trade Frolov it would be stupid.