Not going to happen not much to choose from 3 to 8 The upside on Gardiner makes having him and the #8 a gross overpayment for the #3. Besides Gardiner is not what the Oilers need
this guy is an idiot^^^^ - 10 years ago
You are a complete moron people like you is what gives us leaf fans a bad name
Don Quinlan - 10 years ago
The only way that the Leafs agree to this proposed deal is if the Oilers were to agree to include a top defenaive prospect or roster player (Schultz?) along with the 3rd overall pick; in this particular draft year, that pick holds potentially less value to Toronto than it normally would as the prospect at center that the Leafs currently covet is the Doug Gilmour-clone/protoge, Sam Bennett, who could very well be gone by #3, forcing the Leafs to "settle" for Reinhart. The overly-cautious Dave Nonis will want to ensure that he doesn't end up with the short stick should he fail to land Bennett, particularly with his GM job on the line.
The unmitigated truth is the latter of the author's analyses with respect to Gardiner's abilities & potential; he is indeed "criminally under-valued", by his incompetent buffoon of a head-coach, Randy (can't BELIEVE I didn't get the axe) Carlyle, much in the same manner that Nazem Kadri has been undervalued, mis-used and abused! I ANY other market, both of these truly gifted players would be hailed by their respective teams for the enormous strides that they've taken & their inevitable futures as top-tier potential HOFers as opposed to Toronto where Carlyle &in turn the relentless media obsess about how they don't "fit in " to the "system" (whatever the hell that is!).
Hopefully there are still one or two members of Leafs upper-management remaining to prevent that unbalanced transaction from occurring!
Gardiner is worth WAY more than the 3rd pick in a weak draft!
Not going to happen not much to choose from 3 to 8 The upside on Gardiner makes having him and the #8 a gross overpayment for the #3. Besides Gardiner is not what the Oilers need
You are a complete moron people like you is what gives us leaf fans a bad name
The only way that the Leafs agree to this proposed deal is if the Oilers were to agree to include a top defenaive prospect or roster player (Schultz?) along with the 3rd overall pick; in this particular draft year, that pick holds potentially less value to Toronto than it normally would as the prospect at center that the Leafs currently covet is the Doug Gilmour-clone/protoge, Sam Bennett, who could very well be gone by #3, forcing the Leafs to "settle" for Reinhart. The overly-cautious Dave Nonis will want to ensure that he doesn't end up with the short stick should he fail to land Bennett, particularly with his GM job on the line.
The unmitigated truth is the latter of the author's analyses with respect to Gardiner's abilities & potential; he is indeed "criminally under-valued", by his incompetent buffoon of a head-coach, Randy (can't BELIEVE I didn't get the axe) Carlyle, much in the same manner that Nazem Kadri has been undervalued, mis-used and abused! I ANY other market, both of these truly gifted players would be hailed by their respective teams for the enormous strides that they've taken & their inevitable futures as top-tier potential HOFers as opposed to Toronto where Carlyle &in turn the relentless media obsess about how they don't "fit in " to the "system" (whatever the hell that is!).
Hopefully there are still one or two members of Leafs upper-management remaining to prevent that unbalanced transaction from occurring!
Gardiner is worth WAY more than the 3rd pick in a weak draft!