"The better players you have, the better coach you are.

"We've done a lot of winning under Mike's watch," Holland said.Babcock is a finalist for the Adams Award, which goes to the coach recognized as best in the NHL.He doesn't take all the credit, deflecting it to team owner Mike Ilitch and the Holland-led front office. Last season, the Leafs' best line was John Tavares, Mitch Marner and Zach Hyman, and the three have barely been able to play together so far this season (Marner is out at least another three weeks).

They’re off to a good start by getting William Nylander in the first round last season.There were a lot of rumors that the club would ship out one of or both of You’d have to expect that Babcock is going to have a heck of a lot of input in what goes on from a hockey operations perspective even though he has said before he has no interest in being a GM on top of being a coach.Babcock’s credentials as a head coach are well known.

The theory on Mike Babcock, ... Two out of three ain’t bad.

"Overall, he does a very good job of laying things out for us by breaking down what he wants us to do and what other teams are trying to do. "Babcock said his younger children will be entering the 10th and ninth grades when his current contract expires, leading to a chuckle and joke from his boss.

Earlier this week, just over a year after Quenneville found himself watching Blackhawks games from ski chalets instead of the United Center bench, Mike Babcock experienced a similar career moment.

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DETROIT - Mike Babcock's new contract allows the oldest of his three children to graduate from the same high school she's attending. Keefe had been coaching the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. section: | slug: maple-leafs-sign-coach-mike-babcock-to-reported-50-million-contract | sport: hockey | route: article_single.us |

Mammoth 8 yr contract believed to be around $50 million.This is the single largest contract ever handed out to a NHL head coach by a whole heck of a lot.

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"But after a loss, he would try to relieve the pressure on us.