do you have anything negative to say about the leafs ever? You seem like the prototypical leaf fan.....
anyways, i'd put their skating about equal, offense about the same maybe gardiner a slight edge, and defensively they aren't in the same ballpark.
sportsnet created a montage of gardiner after the signing, bet you nothing of the sorts happens when brodie signs his deal...
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/w...from-gardiner/