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Originally Posted by Jacks
Did he directly hire Dubas?
The Matthews and Nylander contracts are pretty bad.
Is he the one who gave Babcock 8yr/50M?
If so he shouldn't be rewarded with an long extension IMO.
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Matthews/Nylander/Babcock are on Dubas...but yes Shanny brought him on board for sure.
As for the $$ for Babcock, that, (in Toronto) is really irrelevant.
I think the Leafs have more stability than that franchise has had...probably since Punch Imlach. That's worth something.
Financially, as always, the team is printing money. So really, he has dome a lot of good things unfortunately, but as a business they have to be happy with him. That's reflected in the length of the deal I would suspect, and i am sure a hefty raise on the 2.5M rumored salary he received to go there to begin with...after spurning the Flames 6 years ago to stay on with the leagues offices.