I think his antics are effective when he plays how he has played with the Rangers. When he was on LA and Dallas (didn't see him much on Detroit so can't say) he wasn't very effective - he just instigated and caused chaos. Generally as a Ranger he has been pretty effective, but still crosses that line sometimes. How effective has he been? Aren't the Rangers on the verge of missing the playoffs? I stumbled onto tickets through work for Thursday's game against Philly. I think they have fallen a bit lately, but it is mostly because they are not a very good team and have a very tough schedule right now. They have been falling in the standings all year I think, they started off incredible and have slowly descended from the #1 seed to now barely holding onto #8.