He's worse than Skinner defensively and offensively. On his ass half the game, wiffs on great set ups, and not that wingers are big difference makers defensively usually, but he is nothing in that end too.
People liked to act like he had some intangibles or something as justification as to why he keeps getting minutes and Skinner rotates between scratches and 4th line time. It's just bad decisions by the coaches.
RV needs to go for an upgrade. He'll be the Barrie in an Ekholm like deal for a real top 6F, atleast I hope so. No clauses, so much easier to move than Skinner.