Maybe Frolik didn't want to sign here. Find it hard to believe we wouldn't give that. Thats only $1M more than last year.
Either that or Frolik and agent over estimated the market, and once in UFA, he went to a team he thought was a better fit.
I never noticed when the game was on TV, but if you look at the score that TSN puts up during the kickoff in the 1st quarter, they spotted SK a 6 point lead before the game even started.
I think those players are closer to playing in the NHL than draft picks would be (1 year away now + waiting for them to develop). Chicago needs cheap players now to fill out their roster now.
Dano was a late 1st round pick in 2013 (27th overall) and on a cheap entry level deal.
Anisimov is a 3rd line player making $3M
Morin and Tropp were throw ins and bottom line players,