Morgan Frost

Last Season

Twenty-two goals and 21 assists in all 82 games — 43 points, minus-16, at 15:30 a night with eight power-play goals.

The Finesse Game

The shot selection is the best on the club. Fifty per cent of his unblocked attempts came from inside twenty feet with a median of 20, and 25 went in across all situations — the most goals on the team.

That is the model of what Coronato and Sharangovich are not doing. Same roster, same power play, and Frost is the one standing where the puck goes in.

The hands are decent and the playmaking is ordinary. Twenty-one assists in a full season is a scorer’s return, not a centre’s.

The Physical Game

Six foot even, 193, and he avoids the heavy areas everywhere except in front of the net, which is a strange and useful combination. Twenty-eight penalty minutes.

He loses faceoffs and he loses wall battles, and on a team without a strong centre behind him that costs possession every shift.

The Intangibles

The minus-16 and the 47.3 per cent expected-goal share — 29th percentile — say a middle-six forward on a bad team. The shot chart says a man who has worked out something most of his teammates have not.

He is 27, a first-round pick Philadelphia gave up on, and eight points in his last ten with five goals. If the club ever assembles a power play better than 31st, he is the one who benefits most.