deletethis
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The other coaches couldn't realize this? lol
There have been allusions to Gardiner's lack of self-awareness in the past:
When Randy Carlyle was asked about some of the more lively exchanges he had with players during Monday’s exit meetings, he cracked a smile.
“One example,” he said. “A young defenceman, playing a rover style of hockey at the start versus more conservative at the end of year, felt the leash afforded him early in the season was not as long as the one at the end. The coach said ‘if you’d have played longer (in the NHL), you would’ve had a longer leash’. It was a chicken-and-egg thing.
“It was kind of a surprise who he compared himself with in the league. That was shocking”.