This corner has gone on the record as saying Babcock is a great coach, but he is not the right man for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Not right now. After talking about not accelerating the rebuilding process, the Leafs went out and accelerated the rebuilding process.
Put it this way. The Leafs were the fourth worst team in the NHL last season. It would not be a stretch to suggest that with some creative roster management, they could have fallen further down the standings in 2015-16. Now, under Babcock, theyll probably be better. Not much, but enough to take them out of the running for such high-level talents as Auston Matthews, Jesse Puljujarvi, Jakob Chychrun and Matthew Tkachuk each and every one a franchise cornerstone stud.
Good job on the rebuild there.