In the first three years of Buchnevich’s career with the New York Rangers, he hasn’t been used to the best of his ability.
With Rangers former head coach, Alain Vigneault, we saw this because he is someone who highly values veterans for the “presence” they provide. Vigneault would much rather play an older, less effective older player that might be more predictable over a younger, more productive player who might me more able to make things happen on the ice, but might also make mistakes.
Buchnevich spent a majority of his limited ice time under Vigneault playing on the fourth line and explicitly stated that this positioning negatively impacted his confidence on the ice.