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Gardiner shouldn't play on the PK thats idiotic, and i never see Gardiner playing on the PK, I dont want him too, id rather him play harder 5 on 5 minutes and PP, (Which imo Rielly-Gardiner is a much better defence on the PP than Phaneuf-Franson)
However, had a discussion with someone about this last night, id rather have a defence core of Phaneuf Rielly and Gardiner, having 2 lethal PMD over the boards every shift than trading gardiner for a dime a dozen, hard nosed defenceman. IMO Bieska would be perfect here, but not at the price of Gardiner. We need another Gleason badly, a right handed one preferably (to take out Franson) and this team would look amazing. Gardiner has the speed and hands to be a top pairing dman, and if we didn't have Rielly im sure we would have touted him our next best defenceman (i dont see him being that SUPERSTAR like i do with Morgan Rielly, but i do see that he could be a star.)
Only trade Gardiner for a ROR, Couterier type of return... but imo our biggest weakness is our back end which will be fixed in a couple years with our prospects learning the ropes and other youngins coming through (finn, percy, granberg, macwilliam)