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RSS FeedsIn the end, Leafs coach was wrong after so much went right: Feschuk
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24 april 2017 12:54:54

 
In the end, Leafs coach was wrong after so much went right: Feschuk
(The Star Food)
 


Mike Babcock seemed to see the possibilities of this special Leafland spring before most anyone else.Even back in the long winter of 2016 — in the months after he’d arrived in Toronto forecasting pain and a long process — the Maple Leafs coach was already offering a more optimistic viewpoint than he’d put forth during his grand entrance.“I’ve got this year and seven more here,” he said in February of 2016, specifying the term of his $50-million contract. “And then I’m going to stay for two more (years) because the team’s going to be that good.”Fast forward seven months, on the night Babcock coached Canada to gold at the World Cup of Hockey, and he was even more bullish: “This is just a sign of what’s going to happen here in Toronto, just so you know.”And seven months further on, in the lead-up to Sunday’s riveting Game 6 of a beyond-tight first-round playoff series with the Capitals, Babcock was all but guaranteeing victory, prophesying a Tuesday Game 7 in Washington, D.C.How much was that belief worth? Exactly nothing if it amounted to empty delusion from the mouth of a man coaching one of the talent-challenged teams of recent Leafs past. Talent ultimately wins in the NHL. And in the final analysis — after Washington’s 2-1 overtime victory ended a memorable Maple Leafs campaign a goal short of making good on Babcock’s cocksure prediction — the Capitals were possessed of more.Read more: Hell of a game. Hell of a series. Hell of a season: ArthurIt all came down to one, of course: DiMannoCapitals knock out Maple Leafs in Game 6Maybe they also had more mental fortitude than they’ve previously been given credit for. Coming into Sunday, the Alex Ovechkin-era Capitals owned a 5-15 win-loss record with a chance to clinch a best-of-seven series. Make that 6-15. And get ready for a showdown between Ovechkin and his long-time rival in ...


 
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