Frolik had a bad year, but to suggest he was a bad signing I think is ridiculous. Our RW depth with him in the lineup is god awful, take him out and we're fighting to escape the top 5. He's also been an insturmental piece of our PK since he's arrived, and besides offensively this year at the very least a successful passenger on the best two way line in the league.
You want to point fingers OKG, look at your boys Jankowski and Bennett. We needed depth scoring from guys on cheaper contracts like you suggest (Hartmans, Hino, etc) and both of them didn't produce enough.
You said Bennett would emerge as a true #1 C when/if Monahan was gone. Where was he to end the season then?
While Bennett definitely disappointed, Jankowski did get 17 goals this season. To put this into perspective, 2 of our top 6 guys ended up with less than that. I really hope Bennett can breakout next year (maybe move into the Backlund Frolik or Gaudreau Monahan line), but each year gives me less and less confidence. Our RW depth absolutely killed us though (Hathaway had no place on the third line, and Brouwer is just a flat out joke).