It appears winger Michael Frolik is the Winnipeg Jets’ to lose.

The versatile Czech, skating towards unrestricted free agency in the summer, says he’d like to re-sign with the team instead of test the open market — provided the deal is right, of course.

In a one-on-one interview with the Winnipeg Sun, Frolik sounded like someone looking for a more permanent home in this, his third stop in a seven-year NHL career.

“I think so, yeah,” Frolik said. “Definitely. I mean, why not? If it’s a good deal, I will definitely take it. I like to play here, and we have a good thing going here. I like the guys, I like the coaches — I’m happy here.”

The Jets and Frolik’s agent were only able to come to an agreement on a one-year deal last summer, avoiding arbitration and paying the 26-year-old $3.3 million.

It was a bit of a gamble for Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff, as he risked Frolik playing out his contract and leaving as a free agent, the Jets getting nothing in return.

Frolik, though, wants to get back to the bargaining table and explore a new deal.

The window for those talks opened Jan. 1, and while his agent, Allan Walsh, didn’t respond to a request for comment, Frolik didn’t mind letting some light in.

“We can start talking now again,” he said. “I would like to talk again and I’m open to that. I like it here, so I’d be more happy to be here.”

Cheveldayoff should be jumping all over this.

His head coach has already made it clear how valuable Frolik is in the Winnipeg lineup.

How many times have we heard Paul Maurice say Frolik is his slump-buster: when somebody isn’t going well up front, he can play him with Frolik and the guy will snap out of it.

The native of Kladno, Czech Republic, has settled into a role on the second line, where he helped turn Mathieu Perreault into the team’s hottest forward — while putting up 10 goals and 16 assists himself, going into Wednesday night’s game against Columbus.

“I love playing with him,” Perreault, in the middle of a 23-points-in-20-games run, told the Sun last month. “He’s such a smart player on the ice. He anticipates well and he’s going to see if you’re open. He can score and he can play on the (penalty kill).

“He does every little thing right.”

He’s Mr. Versatility — just look at his career.

Frolik scored 21 goals as a rookie with Florida, working his way from the fourth line to the first, then matched that total the next season.

A trade to Chicago forced him to become a checker and penalty killer. He adapted, and helped the Blackhawks win a Stanley Cup.

Originally shocked at the trade to Winnipeg days later, Frolik has been whatever the Jets need him to be.

Going into last night, he’d scored a team-leading three times shorthanded, three game-winners and once on the power play — and was a plus-7.

Yet here he is, for a second straight season, playing without the safety net of a contract for the next year.

“I’m getting used to it a little bit,” Frolik said, chuckling. “But obviously it’s a little bit in your head in the back. But I try to just focus on the game and don’t really think about it. I try to leave it to my agent, the business stuff... and just think about hockey.”

So what would constitute a good deal for Frolik?

Well, Evander Kane will earn $6 million next season, Blake Wheeler $5.8 million, Bryan Little $4.75 million and Andrew Ladd $4.5 million.

Where does Frolik fit in?

Discuss amongst yourselves.

If the Jets don’t get him signed soon, you wonder what Cheveldayoff will be thinking as the March 2 trade deadline approaches.

“I don’t really want to think about it because it’s so far away,” Frolik said. “When you’re in that playoff push you want to stay here and play for the guys. But it’s not up to me, really. I’ve been traded twice and you can’t really do anything about it. It just happens.

“I’d be happy to play here... so hopefully it stays like that.”

Sounds like that’s up to the Jets.