On the surface, Michael Frolik joining the Montreal Canadiens is a depth addition. The current forward depth of the team, outside of the expected top 12 forwards, includes Jordan Weal, Alex Belzile, Lukas Vejdemo, and Ryan Poehling, among others.
For a team that is expecting to contend for a playoff spot, that isn’t an ideal place to be when you may have to deal with injuries. Frolik definitely helps in that aspect as a veteran with 850 games that will not look out of place in any team’s bottom six.
But that’s not where my first thought went when I saw the signing.