Dreger: Eberle a character guy "who clearly hasn't plateaued yet"

Darren Dreger was on Edmonton’s TSN 1260 on Tuesday morning.

As part of a discussion on how Jordan Eberle seems to be turning his game around under Todd Nelson:

“The Eberle rumours have been ongoing since early in the season.

“ ‘Which piece of that core could the Edmonton Oilers live without?’

“We in the media all speculated and assume it’s Jordan Eberle. And yeah, he didn’t have a very good year last year by his standards, and maybe a slower start. But not just last night – now you’re starting to see this guy kinda come into his own again. And I know the worry from the Edmonton Oilers going into the season was, ‘Well, maybe he’s plateaued. Maybe this is as good as Jordan Eberle is going to be.’

“They love the kid. From a character standpoint, he does so many things well. And on-ice, we can see the flashes of brilliance.

“So it’s going to be interesting moving forward as to how the organization makes its necessary changes. Most of them will be done in the offseason. The Eberle trade rumours and other trade rumours aren’t going to go away anytime soon. But based on what we did see last night, there’s got to be some pause in that, doesn’t there?

“You’d better get a No. 1 defenceman or a higher-end goaltender, or a piece that you absolutely need to continue on with the rebuild if you’re considering moving out both a character guy and a guy who clearly hasn’t plateaued yet.”

Source: TSN 1260/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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