Last free agent frenzy, the Flames had one primary target: Michael Frolik. The 28-year-old Czech winger received a five-year, $4.3 million AAV contract, and has been paying immediate dividends since signing. Frolik has been exactly as advertised, giving the Flames a quality winger on the right side who can play in all situations, but is particularly adept defensively, and on the penalty kill.
Just ignore the part where it seems as though the guy he was destined to be linemates with, Mikael Backlund, is a Swede. That doesn't matter in this case, because this is about the 2016 World Cup of Hockey: and Frolik is among the first 16 players Team Czech Republic has named to its roster.