I hope has a healthy life after hockey.
I appreciate that he was so effective at what he did given his lack of size. Had a lot of guts.
As for what he brought to the team, I thought he was everything that is wrong with the MB era. MB rarely gives up good futures. But he gave up two early 2nds for a guy with limited skill. Tells you all you need to know about why we currently have a team with limited skill.
The acquisitions were always: Prust, colby Armstrong, old steve ott, Shaw, Nick Cousins, Armia, etc... while taking players like Radulov and Markov for granted. He also used his most skilled prospect, Sergachev, to fill the need of a potential Francophone star. Again skill was an afterthought to something else.