rose tinted glasses here, Garinder was absolute garbage at defensive play barrie miles better but easily better.
False Bobo.
Its even more hysterical that people think that Gardiner was worse than (or even the same as) Barrie defensively....
Gardiner's worst season defeinsvely was still better than Barrie's best season defensively.
Numbers below
Jake Gardiner:
15-16: 0.78 EV GA/GP; 50.6% 5v5 OZ%; 16:49 5v5 TOI/GP
16-17: 0.65 EV GA/GP; 54% 5v5 OZ%; 17:36 5v5 TOI/GP
17-18: 0.82 EV GA/GP; 47.4% 5v5 OZ%; 18:54 5v5 TOI/GP
18-19: 0.72 EV GA/GP; 48.7% 5v5 OZ%; 18:18 5v5 TOI/GP
AVG: 0.74 EV GA/GP; 50.25 5v5 OZ%; 17:54 5v5 TOI/GP
Tyson Barrie:
16-17: 1.11 EV GA/GP; 56.7% 5v5 OZ%; 18:39 5v5 TOI/GP
17-18: 1.01 EV GA/GP; 61.3% 5v5 OZ%; 17:47 5v5 TOI/GP
18-19: 0.87 EV GA/GP; 63.1% 5v5 OZ%; 16:49 5v5 TOI/GP
19-20: 1.03 EV GA/GP; 56.9% 5v5 OZ%; 19:07 5v5 TOI/GP
AVG: 1.01 EV GA/GP; 59.5% 5v5 OZ%; 18:05 TOI/GP
Not to mention, Gardiner actually played PK minutes for us. Barrie wouldn't ever be trusted in such a situation.