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About Last Season: Jake Gardiner Performance Review and Grade

Jake Gardiner: 2019-20 By The Numbers

  • Age: 29 (turned 30 on July 4)
  • NHL Seasons: 9
  • Games Played: 68
  • Scoring: 4 goals, 20 assists, 24 points
  • Average Ice Time: 14:50 ES, 1:47 PP, 0:03 SH
  • 5-on-5 (score/venue adjusted): 55.1 CF% (+1.06 relative), 40.1 GF%, 52.2 xGF%
  • Contract Status: Signed through 2024 at $4.05 million AAV

How do you even begin to evaluate Jake Gardiner’s season?

Is he the player who had the third-highest Corsi among Hurricanes defensemen - and led the category in the non-Jaccob Slavin and Dougie Hamilton division - or is he the player who was dead last on the roster, 19th out of 19 players who played at least 200 minutes, with just a 40.