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djdan6215

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martin frk is on fire ...awesome season another hat trick tonight at the memorial cup ...he is a steal for the second draft pick wow i really like this kid probably with the wings in two years..

season:
56gp --- 35 g ---49a---84pts

playoffs:
17gp --- 13g --- 20a --- 33pts

memorial cup:
3gp ---4g --- 2 a --- 6pts
 
As much as I'd like to jump onto the Marty Frk is an absolute steal bandwagon, I'd like to remind you of who he plays on a line with.

He plays on a line with the likely 2nd and 3rd pick in the draft this year. Let's not get ahead of ourselves yet, his numbers are great but how much is due to his linemates?

I know that we went through the same questions with Jurco since he played on the same line as Huberdeau.
 
I am watching the London vs Halifax game right now, is it just me or are the commentators giving Frk no credit, every goal he scored they were all about how amazing MacKinnon or Drouin were, and when he assisted on Fournier's goal all they talked about was what a great job Fournier did.

It doesn't really matter, but I just find it odd.
 
i watched about 1/2 of the halifax london game, and i was more impressed with mackinnon and drouin than frk.

frk was 1st star (3g, 1a, 4p, +2, roughing penalty). mackinnon (3a, +2) was 2nd star, and drouin (3a, +3) was 3rd star.

i also liked abeltshauser, who was drafted by SJ, stefan fournier and brent andrews.

frk was pretty good at protecting the puck and on boards, and obviously has a great shot, but was not very fast and was poor defensively, often the last man out of the offensive zone. speed and skill of his linemates was very very useful.


halifax just won the game 9-2. their speed and skill really overwhelmed london.
 
No doubt Frk has been good, I think everyone knew he would be able to fill up the stat sheet, I'm more curious what kind of a two way game he will have in the big time. That will likely determine how fast he gets up. On a side note the line he's on is absolutely loaded.
 
YostisHome said:
No doubt Frk has been good, I think everyone knew he would be able to fill up the stat sheet, I'm more curious what kind of a two way game he will have in the big time. That will likely determine how fast he gets up. On a side note the line he's on is absolutely loaded.
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As of now his defense is very lacking, on GR next year he will probably be powerplay specialist because of his insane slapshot. His other issue is his temper, he takes too many dumb penalties.
 
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YostisHome said:
No doubt Frk has been good, I think everyone knew he would be able to fill up the stat sheet, I'm more curious what kind of a two way game he will have in the big time. That will likely determine how fast he gets up. On a side note the line he's on is absolutely loaded.
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I don't get it though. If you put me on that line I wouldn't do **** :laugh::laugh: Doesn't he still have to be realgudd?
 
1st Line Interloper said:
As much as I'd like to jump onto the Marty Frk is an absolute steal bandwagon, I'd like to remind you of who he plays on a line with.

He plays on a line with the likely 2nd and 3rd pick in the draft this year. Let's not get ahead of ourselves yet, his numbers are great but how much is due to his linemates?

I know that we went through the same questions with Jurco since he played on the same line as Huberdeau.
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Well... perhaps you could also ask "How much of Drouin's/McKinnon's success is based on Frk's performance?!"

I don't really buy into all this. It is not like he has 80% the numbers of the two others and blows his stats on secondary assists and pushing garbage behind the goalie (which, by the way, is a quality too!). He creates things by himself, finds openings and blows pretty nice slappers behind goalies or has nice moves to him.
 
YostisHome said:
No doubt Frk has been good, I think everyone knew he would be able to fill up the stat sheet, I'm more curious what kind of a two way game he will have in the big time. That will likely determine how fast he gets up. On a side note the line he's on is absolutely loaded.
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At future Red Wings, he will also have a line with loaded linemates.
 
Any way you look at it he is a top prospect who fell to us in the second round. Quality pick from an organization that always seems to know how to do it....
 
He is exactly what we need for the future in my opinion. Hard Right handed shot, and he plays hard. He takes some dumb penalties, but he is aggressive. He won't fall into the "Redwings" are soft category.
 
TheGreatOutlaw said:
He is exactly what we need for the future in my opinion. Hard Right handed shot, and he plays hard. He takes some dumb penalties, but he is aggressive. He won't fall into the "Redwings" are soft category.
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Yea I am not sure what people are complaining about. He has all the tools that we are missing right now. We can work on his 2-way play in Grand Rapids next year.
 
Frk was a borderline top 10 pick entering his draft year, injuries are the reason he fell. The guy is a very gifted hockey player, it isn't all MacKinnon and Drouin, he produces when they are split up or when one of them has been out of the lineup.
 
A lot of the same arguments people are making against Frk are the same things people said about Jurco, in terms of playing on a stacked team. And it looks like that guy is turning out pretty well. So no point in giving a ton of flak to Frk for being on a great team. Guy has a ton of skill.
 
Frk It said:
A lot of the same arguments people are making against Frk are the same things people said about Jurco, in terms of playing on a stacked team. And it looks like that guy is turning out pretty well. So no point in giving a ton of flak to Frk for being on a great team. Guy has a ton of skill.
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Right! I mean... Frk as well as Jurco are or were big parts of those "stacked teams". You need a lot of skill to even earn your icetime against better players. In weak teams you often have a tendency of "give the puck to him, he is the only one who can bury it" and that can inflate your numbers as well as playing with allstar-teammates! Plus you do not have a guarantee to play 25+ minutes and 1st pp on a nightly basis. So you need to be there when called upon. Look at AA2. He did NOT produce on a stacked team. Couldn't crack it really. Then he came to a so-so team and went on fire, being THE go-to guy.

Points are points. And even burying garbage is a gift. If a guy plays with 2 allstar-calibere players who are both above 100 pts and the guy has like 15 goals, 60 assists with 40 of them being secondary, then I would be willing to call his numbers "inflated". But not if a guy creates a lot of his chances himself and sets up his teammates, being on par with them in production regardless if he plays on their lines or not. In that case I tend to believe that they profit off him as much as vice versa!
 
I don't care what anyone says ive seen enough of frk to think this kid will be a stud. Sure he plays with 2 great players but the kid will be playing with great players once he gets to the red wings as well. No matter who he is playing with now, in the end of the day the kid has a rocket shot and can finish, he also is already at 200 lbs at 18 which is a plus. Throw 15 more lbs on this kid and he will be a force.
 
JimLaheyprobert said:
I don't care what anyone says ive seen enough of frk to think this kid will be a stud. Sure he plays with 2 great players but the kid will be playing with great players once he gets to the red wings as well. No matter who he is playing with now, in the end of the day the kid has a rocket shot and can finish, he also is already at 200 lbs at 18 which is a plus. Throw 15 more lbs on this kid and he will be a force.
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Yeah, still his projection could be Martin Lapointe. Build like tank and booming shot. Maybe even better scorer, who knows. Lapointe was important in our Stanley Cups of the 90's, played most with Larionov and Shanahan.
 
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