Lmaooo why we're laughing is you're comparing a #2-3 dman to legends to #1 dmenBrah ha ha ha
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Kool comment once again !Lmaooo why we're laughing is you're comparing a #2-3 dman to legends to #1 dmen
million dollar body with a 10 cent headTypical Jake is just a dumbass with natural physical gifts that allow him to succeed. If he had brains for the game along with the natural talent he'd be a top 10 dman in the league.
Gardiner outplayed every defenseman in the playoffs series last year including Carlson. Gardiner is seriously underrated.Expendable if we get a true number 1! Go after Carlson, trade Gardiner for pick/prospects.
Gardiner outplayed every defenseman in the playoffs series last year including Carlson. Gardiner is seriously underrated.
He was solid on games 5 and 6, playing big minutes with a depleted D-core where Babcock inexplicably wanted to play Marincin (who was awful) more than Carrick.gardiner didn't really show up for games 5 and 6 after Ovie blew him out of his skates in game 4, the real loss for the Leafs was Polak who'd been playing his best hockey of the season
Borderline 4D? You're crazy. He is a #2 for sure.
Tied for 7th in the League for points by a defender.
he’s a #2 offensively but a #5 defensively. All in all I’d say a #3.
What about Gardiner via eye test frustrates y'all more than any other D-Man on the team? With my eyes, him Rielly and Dermott are the only ones with any idea on what to do with the puck. I see him being the only defenseman on the team other than Hainsey that steps up in D-Zone to the line to attempt to prevent an entry. He continuously has his stick lined with shooting angle of opposition and uses his body to mirror movement better than anybody on the team. He makes the right reads and is the best passer out of our D-Men. Some of you guys think he sucks because he has the odd eyeball turnover (which does happen occasionally but literally forget everything he does. It's called availability bias. Availability bias hits all human beings, in which we create shortcuts on opinions and ideas of someone or something using the most recent event we can recall that was flashy or easily memorized. It is easy to focus on a turnover that led to a goal once every 10-15 games and then generate an opinion on the player. You guys don't want to believe stats, and you guys don't want to believe your own eyes for 99% of event and for that I do not know why. I can tell you, Gardiner is easily a bonafide top 4, and is probably a very solid top pairing D-Man (which is backed up by stats and a majority of eye test of hockey pundits)
million dollar body with a 10 cent head
It's not, really. There are so many areas of the game where Gardiner shows off terrific hockey iq. His vision in the offensive zone is terrific, and despite what people say, there's probably not a d-man on this team that has more smart solutions to forechecking problems in his own zone than Gardiner. Just watch how many times he manages to make a simple but well-calculated play to get the puck to someone who can move it out. Those are things that count too. It's not all about error rate.I feel bad cause this made me lol. But it is pretty accurate.
That'll make for an interesting season up to that point.what is Jake Gardiner? A UFA next offseason and a player that will get traded at the deadline.
I find it funny how many leaf fans think it wouldn't drastically hurt the team to loose their number 1 ice time player at even strength, best powerplay defender and 2nd in total ice time player on the team (4 seconds behind Zaitsev).That'll make for an interesting season up to that point.
I find it funny how many leaf fans think it wouldn't drastically hurt the team to loose their number 1 ice time player at even strength, best powerplay defender and 2nd in total ice time player on the team (4 seconds behind Zaitsev).
How many defenders put up the points that he does as well as the tough QoC, ice time and possession stats while getting paid less than 5 million? Excluding ELC defenders of course.I have no issues with Gardiner. I think he is a good dman. but the reality is the Leafs will move on from him. At $4M he is fine. Once we take more than $5M than more is expected and he wont be able to deliver.
I have no issues with Gardiner. I think he is a good dman. but the reality is the Leafs will move on from him. At $4M he is fine. Once we take more than $5M than more is expected and he wont be able to deliver.
no way he gets traded at the deadline. the team will be competing next season. he will either be re-signed or leave as a ufawhat is Jake Gardiner? A UFA next offseason and a player that will get traded at the deadline.