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Good call, wait and see. Acquiring OEL would be a franchise altering move -- not necessarily for the player, but for the price in assets and dollars that that player will cost them for the next half decade or so. I think pursuing a free agent (Shattenkirk, Dillon, DeMelo, etc.) wouldn't be a bad move; those guys are affordable, effective and will improve the blueline even more once Klefbom comes back. But doing something drastic could be potentially devastating (especially if that "something" is acquiring an overpaid, declining defenseman for a pile of young players and draft picks).