All he has to do is keep playing like he is and he will get himself out of Philly…. As a Fan I hold out hope that he can still put it together.
- landros 2

I do also but I don't think it's going to happen here if it happens.

I think Frost is capped out, he is what he is. We are constantly told he is play maker, but now we see via Michkov what a true play maker is. I think Frost will benefit from playing with Michkov, as has Tippet. My hope is Frost puts up some points so the Flyers can get some value for him at the deadline.
- jd250

A playmaker is a type of player. It describes what the strengths of his game are. Another player being better, doesn't change what another player is. Nathan McKinnon has 36 assists. Michkov has 16. Does that mean that Michkov is not a playmaker?

He is a playmaker. He has shown that many times in his career. Saying his isn't one because he doesn't compare to Michkov is asinine. What is next, Tippett isn't a goal scorer because he doesn't compare to Stamkos? Give me a break.
- MBFlyerfan

Beat me to it.

Who had the Flyers being ahead of the Rags in the standings on December 11th? I wonder if the Rags pull the trigger on Lavy if they lose to the Sabres tonight. The natives are very restless. Ha!!

A playmaker is a type of player. It describes what the strengths of his game are. Another player being better, doesn't change what another player is. Nathan McKinnon has 36 assists. Michkov has 16. Does that mean that Michkov is not a playmaker?
- MJL

Michkov may be McKinnon some day, but certainly not today. But what I can do is compare as play makers the 20 year old Michkov to the 25 year old Frost, and Frost loses that comparison already by a very wide margin.

He is a playmaker. He has shown that many times in his career. Saying his isn't one because he doesn't compare to Michkov is asinine. What is next, Tippett isn't a goal scorer because he doesn't compare to Stamkos? Give me a break.
- MBFlyerfan

My only point is when you see a real play maker you realize what you thought was a play maker actually wasn't. A play maker by definition is one that makes plays and drives offense. Frost doesn't do that most of the time. Michkov is a point per game player in the first 27 games of his NHL career, and has already elevated Frost and Tippet. That is a what a real play maker does.

Michkov may be McKinnon some day, but certainly not today. But what I can do is compare as play makers the 20 year old Michkov to the 25 year old Frost, and Frost loses that comparison already by a very wide margin.
- jd250

As expected, you didn't get it.

My only point is when you see a real play maker you realize what you thought was a play maker actually wasn't. A play maker by definition is one that makes plays and drives offense. Frost doesn't do that most of the time. Michkov is a point per game player in the first 27 games of his NHL career, and has already elevated Frost and Tippet. That is a what a real play maker does.
- jd250

You're confused. Somehow you think that because one player is better at something than another. That means one player is not something. In the example MB gave to you, Stamkos is far superior to Tippett as a goal scorer. Therefore by your logic, that makes Tippett not a goal scorer. It's a logic fail on your part.

8 straight losses for the Sabres. If Briere does business with BUF, he needs to do better then acquiring Krebs.

8 straight losses for the Sabres. If Briere does business with BUF, he needs to do better then acquiring Krebs.
- Trox88

Cozens and Krebs for Farabee and Frost. Now that's a hockey trade.