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Why Frolov Is Scratched Tonight
by Paul on 10/19/09 at 01:48 PM ET
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from Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider,
Here’s what Terry Murray said, after today’s morning skate, about Alexander Frolov being scratched. Frolov stayed on the ice (with Trevor Lewis) long after the rest of the players left the ice — typical for scratched players — and stayed after the bus left. I have put in a request to talk with Frolov before tonight’s game. Here are Murray’s quotes…
MURRAY: “Frolov is out. That’s really a hard one. You don’t want to take your best players out of the lineup. That’s how you win games. Your best players have to be the best every night in this game. It’s such a competitive division, a competitive conference, a competitive league, that you just havfe to have your top guys on their ‘A’ game every night in order to give yourself an opportunity to win. It’s a hard thing, but those are the demands that the players have to meet.
added 4:43pm, Hammond had a chance to speak with Kings GM Dean Lombardi,
LOMBARDI: “When you sit a player out, and it’s a player who should be one of your best players, it’s safe to say you’ve probably tried everything. This is not something that was a knee-jerk reaction. That’s the first thing. Then, like I said, you’re worried about the message it sends to the rest of the team, because you want those guys to play hard.
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Wow. I guess Frolov remains an enigma… somewhat Kovalevesque in nature.
I don’t see this ending well, but as an upcoming UFA maybe just maybe, he can garner the motivation dig for the puck occasionally, like his hustling linemates, Handzus and Simmonds.
Posted by shazam88 from SoCal on 10/19/09 at 04:40 PM ET