Great signing Van, let's see if the change in scenery does him well. He was given every chance to be a top guy. The prolonged slumps moved him down, the moves down made him pout.
He most definitely needed a fresh start, hopefully for him, he takes advantage of it. Great kid, funny, total higher gear in the playoffs, became a really good 200ft player and PK threat for breakaways.
I'd leave him with the same line mates for a good amount of games, or it's going to be the same situation all over again.
Keep this in mind, for this contract, 5.5M x 7, he doesn't HAVE to be anything more than what he's been to be a good deal. A lot of B's fans would have taken him back for that #.