The Toronto Maple Leafs are a team built on the principles of analytic analysis. If there is a team in the NHL that recognizes how good Jake Gardiner is in reality, compared to how is viewed by fans, it’s them.
The Leafs have Rielly, Muzzin and Dermott as locks to patrol their blue-line next season. Who will fill in the other 3 spots is, right now, a mystery.
But one of those spots should go to Gardiner who is one of the best defenseman in the history of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jake Gardiner
One thing that killed the Leafs this past spring was that Gardiner and Dermott were both injured.