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Mike Babcock on Jake Gardiner: “We’ve missed him and it’s very apparent”

What is the impact when you see Jake Gardiner and Travis Dermott slowly getting back to health and the impact that can have on your club?

Babcock: We’ve seen that these guys are good players. A lot of the GMs I’ve had over the years have said, “You should always get a guy hurt about two weeks before thinking about trading him, and then find out what the value is to his team.” You find out sometimes you love him a little bit more than you thought. I don’t think that is the case with these guys because we know they’re good players, but not only do they play good defense, they do good things offensively on the blue line and they keep the play alive and generate offense for your forwards.