Very average if not slightly poorer then when he left.
I think he's still up there in face-off wins for the team (and with no advanced stats, I can't really back it up with numbers), but offensively he's dropped off a little bit. Not sure if that's due to the demotion (doubtful) or due to him being a college player and not used to this long season and heavier workload. He's only gotten 1 assist and 4 shots in his 5 games back.
I'm not particularly worried though. I think this is part of that "natural" college drop off. He's not being a liability so just need to ride through the slump.
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