VIDEO: Maple Leafs' Gardiner robs Canadiens' Desharnais with skate save
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Jake Gardiner is already thriving under new Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock.
The defender's confidence is so high early in the season, he's even playing goal, robbing Montreal Canadiens forward David Desharnais of a sure tally with a skate save.
The early front-runner for save of the year?
Jake Gardiner.
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