Kamiccolo
Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.
No he isn't.
They are similar players, both good offensively both bad defensively. Gardiner is a much better puck mover and therefor a better player overall. But, Gardiner is rental and we have another similar young player in Niku who could benefit from that ice time so it isn’t exactly a burning need.
Since Gardiner doesn’t really fill a need and is a pure rental I wouldn’t add any other assets to get him. If the Leafs want a RHD and can fill Gardiners spot with Dermott so they are willing to take a downgrade for half a season to balance out their D I’d make the swap straight up but I’m not sending any other assets with Myers.
He's not bad defensively and it's tiring reading it over and over. One of the best shot suppression guys on the team and this year playing some really hard minutes without getting the offensive opportunities he had before (on the PP with Matthews and Nylander).
Gardiner is fantastic and I hope he takes a discount as losing him will really really hurt.