This is how I remember it as well.
I don't recall him being ripped on at all (aside from some people calling him a bust), but most posters realized that he was injured for a good portion of the time that he was here, which is a good reason why he didn't take the ice that much.
With how he has played this year in the USHL, it seems that he is fully recovered, which is great. Hopefully he comes back next year and does well.