He has been about as expected so far for his age and experience, generally getting outplayed despite being handed easy minutes, while showing flashes of brilliance like his exceptional assist on Colborne's goal against the Sharks. Good potential but I would let him dominate the AHL next season, except for injury call-ups. Don't want to "Edmonton" him (Gagner, Nuge, etc.). Plus while Wideman is awful bang-for-buck, he is needed to reach the cap floor as others have mentioned, and Butler likely is, too.
For those who don't know, red=outshot and blue=outshooting; higher on the vertical axis is more difficult competition, and the horizontal axis is self-explanatory.