​Before their hockey marriage went splitsville three years ago, Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland would meet daily with head coach Mike Babcock. "Mike likes to listen to the opinions of the people around him," Holland said before Babcock's Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings 6-3 at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday evening. He likes information and he takes what he feels is relevant and he discards what he feels is irrelevant." Early in his third season behind the bench of his new team, the 54-year-old Babcock has made the Maple Leafs relevant again. Landing Auston Matthews, the first overall 2016 selection, certainly hastened the process of turning the rebuilding Leafs into a contender.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2017 14:15 UTC