He had a decent start for the Kings last season too, then just sort of drifted off into oblivion.If you'd looked at his stats yesterday this time he'd have 2 points in 4 games.
His on ice play has been good. Not $8.5M good, maybe more like $6M, but certainly not the suckitude the Kings fans experienced/reported.
But really, to my first point - check back in a month, see if he has maintained quality consistently.