not much NHL potential I would think, he could have been a cheap 7th/8th D for us this year had he of stayed instead of going to the KHL. He was ok in his rookie year but this past season he really turned it on and looked like he might be able to be a bubble guy for us that fills in here and there for a few games. I thought he might come back for 1 more year and see if he could get even better and then maybe he could have been a 7th D for us. Undersized but decent playmaker. Not physical, not overly quick, so it was unlikely he was ever going to be much more then a 7th D for us but we'll see how he does in the KHL as we'll keep his rights for a couple years now.