Quote:Originally posted by Wheelz@Jun 17 2012, 11:12 AM


You would think its fair being an oiler fan.

Grigorenko/Galchenyuk + Gardiner >>>>>>> Yakupov

Gardiner is coming off a 30 point rookie season. He was the best rookie D this seasons and made the all rookie team. He sometimes would play 28 minutes a night. After the all star break where his offense started to get rolling he was producing at a 45 point rate. In the last 3 games he was as dangerous as Kessel offensively (ask any leaf fan or anyone who watched our last 3 games which he had 2 goals and 1 assist in that time).

His tools can make him an elite defenseman. Skating (best skater out of the 08 draft), hockey IQ, vision, and poise.

Why would Toronto even listen to an offer on Gardiner from the oilers? I [b]wouldn't trade him for Eberle ffs.[/b]

Um lol..


Gilbert in his first year put up 33 points...The next year he put up 45...Then he fell off the face of the earth...

List of first overall picks from the last ten years...
There is one player I would not do that deal from a Leafs perspective and thats Johnson...The rest their is no doubt I would (except maybe Nash)

2002 Columbus Blue Jackets Rick Nash Canada Forward London Knights OHL
2003 Pittsburgh Penguins Marc-Andre Fleury Canada Goaltender Cape Breton Screaming Eagles QMJHL
2004 Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin ^ Russia Forward Dynamo Moscow Russia
2005 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Canada Forward Rimouski Océanic QMJHL
2006 St. Louis Blues Erik Johnson USA Defenceman United States NTDP NAHL
2007 Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane ^ USA Forward London Knights OHL
2008 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos Canada Forward Sarnia Sting OHL
2009 New York Islanders John Tavares Canada Forward London Knights OHL
2010 Edmonton Oilers Taylor Hall Canada Forward Windsor Spitfires OHL
2011 Edmonton Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Canada Forward Red Deer Rebels WHL

Gardiner is grossly overrated like plenty of leafs over the years...I read a post on Hf "Gardiner was easily the best NHL defensemen all year long"....Hes good but not the best as you guys say he is.