oel and yandle both play the right side, gormley and rundblad play the left. so, at least he won't have to directly battle oel or yandle for offensive time.

as for phoenix, if he isn't already, oel will soon be the anchor and number one defenceman on the roster. at some point, you would think that the yotes will move one of these guys for some help up front. doan is no spring chicken and whitney is, well, ancient.... they are going to need offensive help up front sooner than later.

the best thing for rundblad would be for phoenix to move him... or gormley. they aren't moving oel and if they move yandle, rundblad still has to compete with gormley for time on the left side. my money is on gormley moving out.