Jake Gardiner sent down to Marlies

Cam Charron
January 25 2013 12:58PM

Interesting bit of news today:

At least now it's being called a concussion.

I don't think Gardiner has had it too rough this season. His scoring chances +/- in the last two games is +8 chances for, -12 chances against. Comparatively, Mike Kostka, who has played easier minutes, is a +7 for and -14 against. Gardiner was doing well in all even-strenght situations with John-Michael Liles against New York.

Conditioning stints typically last a couple of games, although after tomorrow's game at Ricoh against Wilkes-Barre, the Marlies are off until Friday in Rochester. Perhaps the Leafs wanted to get Gardiner skating, but preferably not against one of the conference's toughest teams in the New York Rangers.

63811cbf517d2d685ea09e103488ea3a
Cam Charron is BC-raised hockey fan and journalist and acts as the managing editor of The Leafs Nation. In his spare time, you can find him blogging about numbers at Canucks Army, discussing the juniors at Yahoo's Buzzing the Net, ranting in some way or another at the Score's Backhand Shelf, or acting as an MSM wannabe in the pages of the Vancouver Province.
Sort comments by date
Avatar
Reply #1 goodoldcanadianboy January 25 2013, 01:31PM
+1 1 props

Yeah, maybe leave Gardiner in the minors for about a week to get his legs under him again.

Avatar
Reply #2 leafer123 January 25 2013, 02:37PM
+1 0 props

I like this move. Gardiner has made far too many mistakes and has made Phaneuf bail him out and look bad. I think getting rid of low performers like Gardiner will boost the performance of the defence.

Comments are closed for this article.