Is Roman Polak not a good enough example for you?? We do have D that blocks the shots; Zaitsev, Dermott, Hainsey all are good at it. The problem lies in the soft as butter like Gardiner who not just turns the puck over like a brain dead re**** he also plays like a little girl playing hockey. He gets pushed around so much and he keeps trying to make the long passes for the break outs that leads to icings.
At least we wouldn’t have Polak to ice the puck every now and then and we won’t be stuck with Bozak-JVR and Gardiner-Zaitsev on icing anymore.