Im hoping he can finish the second half off going 10g-10a. That would give him a 17g and 30pts season. Not ideal given all the chances he got this season to produce, but it's still respectable production. 13g in 37 remaining games would give him a 20g year. That's my target for him.
I do not think he's played anywhere near as bad as his stat line has shown. He generates loads of chances, they just don't go in.
I would say it's hard to pick up apples when you are playing on a line where no one is scoring at ES, but he also didn't pick up apples riding shotgun with Cole and Nick (that is not to say he didnt generate chances, because he did).