Proposal: TOR Jake Gardiner to NYR for the 26th OA pick in the 2018 draft

[Menzinger]

Isn't he the same Jake Gardiner that Leafs' nation wanted tarred and feathered after game 7 against Boston this year? How did his value go from that to a 1st rounder?

The wrong opinion of a handful of fans on a website don’t mean anything regarding a player’s value.

His stats are fantastic and his value will be much higher than a single late 1st.

 

[Raymond foley]

Rangers will decline this easily.

O’K

 

[jrgtml67]

Thatd be stupid. Why would we trade a mobile top 4 D for a maybe at 24OV. Zero sense.

 

[AuraSphere]

Correct. He goes for about a second rounder at best. He's atcocious in his own end.

Deal! Ghost for leafs 52nd OA pick!

 

[ottomaddox]

Thatd be stupid. Why would we trade a mobile top 4 D for a maybe at 24OV. Zero sense.

Does it make any sense to have yet another "own rental" next year? Are we signing Gardiner for another 6 years? It makes sense because we are no longer going to have soft Defenders who serve the puck to other team so easily!

 

[Brock Radunske]

Pointing it out as parallel.
More likely than OP Gard to NY.

Happy to keep DeA and have his value rise/production increase

While I respect your stance, DeA's value has done nothing but drop since his draft and it appears as if the trend is continuing.

 

[jrgtml67]

Does it make any sense to have yet another "own rental" next year? Are we signing Gardiner for another 6 years? It makes sense because we are no longer going to have soft Defenders who serve the puck to other team so easily!

First off Gardiner has always been on the edge of.your seat player

How many times he makes a wicked pass is very close to the same as how many times he scratches your head. Babcock even said that. Trading him for an NHL asset is what we do. Picks are maybes. Gauthier is done as a leaf I guarantee it..he was 23rd OV. Even higher picks like a Lawson Crouse for example dont pan out. And it wouldn't just be Gardiner to move to and why 26th we are 25th. The only move up thatd make sense is to get Evan Bouchard top 10.

 

[eco's bones]

While I agree this trade makes zero sense for the Rangers (and Leafs for that matter), I disagree that they would refuse it. Gardiner clearly has more value than the 26th pick in this draft so it would be poor asset management not to make this deal. They could easily turn around and flip Gardiner for another 1st plus other assets any time between now and the trade deadline. In the end they come out ahead by doing so.

There are probably a number of would be UFA's on July 1 that would garner a 1st rounder too and we wouldn't have to trade anything for them and saying that would Gardiner bring back a 1st rounder?---well maybe. Maybe not. I'm not interested in Gardiner anyway. I don't see him as a player being a step forward from where are team is right now. I'm looking more at putting a younger team together and I'd be keeping those kinds my draft picks--not moving them for mid 20's 2nd pairing D. To me the 26OA is a draft pick I'm looking to move up into the teens in this draft--not for a guy one year away from unrestricted free agency.

 

[north49er]

The wrong opinion of a handful of fans on a website don’t mean anything regarding a player’s value.

His stats are fantastic and his value will be much higher than a single late 1st.

The Toronto media wasn't that kind to him either.

 

[Frank Drebin]

That's such a bad trade for the leafs. I would rather Gardiner walk as a a f/a rhen trade him for a pick that wont make a impact for 3-4 years on our team.

Interesting

 

[hamzarocks]

Interesting

Neat

 

[TGWL]

Can we close this down? It just makes no sense from either side. This is not turning into a what is Jake Gardiner value thread. The value isn't anything we're paying and the value better be worth the leafs risking losing a D-men, especially when they have high hopes of competing.