I think BMac likes Panik too. I think he sees some of himself in Panik actually. I got to watch BMac a bit when he played with the pre-Gretzky, mid-80s LA Kings (you could buy student seats for $5, move down to seats by the glass by the end of this 1st period, and watch Marcel Dionne, Bernie Nicholls, Dave Taylor, absolutely no defense, and putrid goaltending - it was great, as long as you were OK with not winning).
BMac was a big, rugged winger, tough in the corners, good along the boards, relatively responsible defensively (not hard to achieve on those Kings teams though) and a straight line skater who would just as soon collide with you as go around you. He did many little things well, and had more of a scoring touch than you would have thought. Panik may not check every one of those boxes, but he gets a lot of them. He also seems like a guy who took a while to get comfortable with the team, is now, and could maybe start to get on a streak.