Eklund azt mondja, hogy a Ducks két offer között vacilál nagyon:
Schenn + Kadri + 2nd

Horton + Hamilton + 2nd

Ennek én speciel kurvára örülök, mert ez azt jelenti, hogy Schenn és Kadri nem megy sehova. :-DD

Amúgy:

TORONTO - Winding down his year-ending meeting with Luke Schenn last spring, Ron Wilson whispered the name of a prospect from the University of Wisconsin who had caught his eye with the Marlies.

"It's funny," Schenn said. "Wils told me 'There's this Gardiner kid who just got called up to the minors'(...) He said, 'You'll play with Gards maybe halfway through the year or in the future sometime', [explaining] that he thinks he can maybe be my partner. I don't know if we both expected it to be this early on, but Jake's come in and played extremely well."

Jake Gardiner at 21 and Luke Schenn at 22, have played 18 games together this season, offering the potential of "something special for us for a long, long time" as Wilson put it so eloquently last week. Both first round picks from the 2008 Entry Draft - Gardiner 17th overall, Schenn 5th - the duo possess the makings of an effective shutdown pair now and in the ever-expanding future.

"He and Jake are becoming a very good pair together," Wilson said, noting his dependence on the two in the dying moments of a close game in Anaheim. "We feel confident that they can play against the other team's best line and that's what we've been doing."

"It's pretty early," Gardiner added, "[but] we've been playing well. We have pretty good chemistry so we'll see what happens."

"If I get in trouble he'll be back there, back for me and vice-versa," Gardiner said. "He's so good at being physical and being in the right areas at the right times defensively. I've been trying to communicate more with him; I think talking helps a lot. He's been moving the puck really quick lately and making really smart plays with the puck. I think he's got a lot of poise with the puck now."

Wilson's earliest scouting report on Gardiner was, according to Schenn, glowing to say the least. He gushed to Schenn in their exit meeting that the Minnesota native's game reminded him of Blackhawks defenceman and Norris Trophy winner Duncan Keith, who with Brent Seabrook, forms one of the league's top defensive pairings.

"He's a similar skater and moves the puck kind of like that," Schenn said of Gardiner. "Obviously Duncan Keith's a pretty big name, but Jake's a young player who's come in here and played extremely well…moves the puck great, a great skater and he's actually a real, calm guy out there on the ice - as I guess as you guys all can tell - doesn't really panic at all and makes the right play."

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