[Cali Panthers Fan]

I'll say this...

I hated the OEL signing last year, but he came in and played top pairing minutes with Forsling until both Ekblad and Montour were healthy. He did a fantastic job, had 9 goals before Christmas. Then, he dropped down to the bottom pair with Kulikov and performed exceptionally well in limited minutes, but hard to say how much of that success was due to being sheltered.

I guess I'm not sure what OEL is at this point. they're paying him like a #4, and he could deliver on that, but he could just as easily look bad at that contract level.