‘If living in Yorkville, being paid $6 million US a year — which is, give or take a dollar, $8 million in Canadian funds — coaching the Leafs in the playoffs and probably being up for coach of the year is “just surviving,” then the rest of us have a whole lot to worry about. But Buffalo and kidding aside, the decision made by Mr. and Mrs. Babcock has truly worked out in their favour and the Maple Leafs’ favour.’
Babcock's last-minute choice — Toronto over Buffalo — looking genius in hindsight
Source: Toronto Sun