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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I'm not sure how many bothered to read the article but this to me is kind of why I hate Toronto so much;
One-off??? The great Mike Backcock has won a single Stanley Cup as head coach which is exactly the same as that one-off coach Bob Hartley. Not only that the Flames are a younger team than the Leafs and it's not like Babcock is using three kids under 22 years old in his top six forward group like Hartley. He's guiding a team full of mediocre veteran players to a mediocre record and since when was that Jack Adams material? I guess it is when it's the great Mike Babcock in Toronto.
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Why do you think by "One-Off" they mean cup wins? Babcock has 1 cup win, 3 finals appearances and 2 gold medals. I think you misunderstood what they meant. They meant he has had longterm success.
It's not like the Toronto media is suddenly discovering Babcock. He has been a consensus top coach for years by everyone.
None of the 3 coaches mention have close to the consistent success of Babcock. I don't view Hartley as that, but there's a lot of first year coaches who win the Jack Adams by having his team exceed expectations and then can't follow-it-up. Roy and Maclean are indeed typical examples.