Jake Gardiner is properly rated.
He's a former 1st round pick, who has performed well in a top 4 role, who has top 2 potential.
You mean the same Jake Gardiner that was healthy enough to play 43 games last year for the Marlies, but couldn't knock "All-Stars" like Frazer, Holzner and Kostka out of a spot on the Leafs porous blueline? That Jake Gardiner?
The Jake Gardiner who was the best dmen on the ice for either team against the Cup finalists.
That Jake Gardiner.
6 games sample size...nice. hey wasn't even good enough to dress for all 7 games.
You mean the same Jake Gardiner that was healthy enough to play 43 games last year for the Marlies, but couldn't knock "All-Stars" like Frazer, Holzner and Kostka out of a spot on the Leafs porous blueline? That Jake Gardiner?
I cited a bigger sample size.
43 games IN THE AHL...playing behind superstars like Frazer, Kostka and Holzner.
I cited a bigger sample size.
43 games IN THE AHL...playing behind superstars like Frazer, Kostka and Holzner.
You're aware that most of those AHL games happened in the first half of the season, right? That he was concussed roughly around the start of the shortened NHL season, right?
You're drunk or on meds this morning. Outside of dawg, who was overhyped by the entire hockey world as a possible generational talent, not a single one of those players was massively overhyped.
Patrick eaves was never seen by us as anything other than a nice third liner, and possible second liner
Jim obrien? Seriously? Who has overhyped him? Show me. F*ck off.
Chouinard! My god. He was a laughingstock. Like the GM who picked him twice was.
Lajeunesse? A nothing prospect, never highly thought of by our fanbase. Never.
Rachunek? When he was playing well as a good top-4 D we all liked him. Nothing more. No one ever said Norris. Ever.
Prusek? Maybe the closest thing to proving your point. I never really was sold on him, but some of our press and fans thought too much of him.
Your list is ridiculous.
You are aware that he played more than a dozen games in the AHL after the start of the NHL season on Jan 19th and didn't get concussed until a month later, right?
http://theahl.com/stats/gamebygame.php?seasonId=40&id=4023
You are aware that he played more than a dozen games in the AHL after the start of the NHL season on Jan 19th and didn't get concussed until a month later, right?
http://theahl.com/stats/gamebygame.php?seasonId=40&id=4023
Gardiner was concussed on December 9th and the team brought him back slowly.
You're always aware that 31 of 43 would accurately, constitute "most", right?
He played 20 games in the AHL after the start of the NHL season.
If he was healthy enough to play in the AHL, he was healthy enough to play in the NHL. The Leafs didn't think he was good enough.