He's requested a trade cuz he hates Torts (not confirmed... but confirmed ;))
Torts has been benching him for requesting a trade. So after being benched a few games he doesn't give a $&!# anymore.
Yeah you can definitely tell Rafferty is hesitant to jump up to play offensively like he does in Utica. Too much defense first type of thinking.
I hate it when defense neuter themselves this way.