this isn't all that bad. gardiner has tremendous poise with the puck, great skater, just needs more time in the league and having a guy like robidas to learn from should only help.
i think gardiner has more offensive upside, whereas brodie has really become a great defensive player who is unreal at skating the puck out of the zone.
i'd be happy locking in brodie for 5-6 years at 4 million.
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