Lander still did finish with the best points-per-game ratio in the AHL of any player that played more than 10 games (as my arbitrary cut off point). Was a pretty successful season for him down there. I still think there's a player in there somewhere. I'm just not sure that it's here where he figures it out, and puts it together on the big squad in the NHL. Maybe too much pressure or something, playing in a fishbowl type of market. Who knows; it's just a wild guess.
But I do have a feeling he'll eventually sort it out, and become a good 3rd liner who can put up around 30-40 points a season (like a 15g/25a guy), while being good on faceoffs, on the PK, and being good defensively. I think he has a lot of drive and it will make it happen in the NHL eventually, and obviously he does have some talent. Just a gut feeling I have. Just doesn't seem it's destined to be with us.