His second season with the Rangers has not gone according to plan after he stormed into the NHL spotlight during the second half of last season as he gained the trust, and the fans love with his energy and his all-documented fights with several NHL heavyweights. After a few weeks though, it was stated by many NHL pundits that his fights needed to end as he was losing them every game and risking injury to his head.
It seems those actions have not transformed into ice time as he is only played two games this season with no points and playing a miniscule 5 minutes and 39 seconds of ice time on average.
It remains to be seen on how the Rangers will handle this player and whether they will keep him in the press box or find a way to get him back into game shape for the Rangers or the Wolf Pack as this young forward needs more time to get looks and play as much as possible.