Jets012
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Fantastic deal. Fantastic blue-line. Potential for this to be one of the best moves of the off-season
Confirmed Signing with Link: [CAR] Jake Gardiner to the Carolina Hurricanes (4 years, $4.05M AAV)
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Marlo Stanfield
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Ziggy Stardust
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The Hurricanes are going to go with the unconventional lineup configuration of 10 forwards and 8 defenseman.
Kamiccolo
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f***ing pumped. Yes!!! I was so f***ing sad to see him go and now I get to keep following him. Great contract. Although Canes fans who hate Faulk will hate him lol
TomasHertlsRooster
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If Carolina can get a 1st or an equivalent value asset for Faulk, they had the best off-season of any team.
MoreMogilny
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Great deal.
Gardiner has become quite underrated, despite his deficiencies.
Not the team I expected to get him but there’s nothing bad about getting a guy this talented for only $4 million
Gardiner has become quite underrated, despite his deficiencies.
Not the team I expected to get him but there’s nothing bad about getting a guy this talented for only $4 million
SeaOfBlue
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4.05 mill AAV. Same as what he had with us.
He's not complete trash, but he's needs to be heavily sheltered and given pure offensive minutes to be effective. As soon as you rely upon him too much defensively, you start to lose games (or in the Leafs' case, playoff series).
He should allow Carolina to trade Faulk and he could probably be fine as their secondary PP guy and replace a lot of the offensive minutes Faulk took up. Carolina will need to find a guy to handle the PK minutes Faulk had last year though, because Gardiner is not a PKer.
Carolina is looking to fill their team with “good but not great” players apparently 
This is what, their 6th top 4D?
Such incredible depth but other than Aho and maybe Slavin there’s no real game breakers on the team.
Interesting to see how far they go this season.
This is what, their 6th top 4D?
Such incredible depth but other than Aho and maybe Slavin there’s no real game breakers on the team.
Interesting to see how far they go this season.
Jack Bauer
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Great value for Carolina. Perfect spot for him as there's enough to shelter him but also let him get good 2nd pairing minutes and run a 2nd PP. His back history might make for a questionable term by the end but AAV wise that's solid value.
CantLoseWithMatthews
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as long as his back holds up, this will be great. I can't believe he signed for so much less than Myers despite being far better
Blender
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Pretty good signing and right around perfect term/value for what Gardiner will bring.
Thinking Gardiner and Faulk slot ahead of Slavin and Pesce is hilarious and sad.
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Kamiccolo
Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.
I assume this move is replacing De Hann. With that said, yeah a RD is likely moving in the future.
LeafsNation149
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Kamiccolo
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Literally goes to show you how the Toronto media play a role. Gardiner is 10x the dman Myers is and got half the contract. This made my entire day. So pumped.
