No question that Mike Babcock is tremendously overpaid.  When you're getting 2x as much as the next guy, do the math, boys and girls.

Mr. Babcock is certainly no fool when it comes to getting his dough, no dummy he.  Whether by hook or by crook, or by both, he was in a position to have 2 rich suitors, both, as they say, with more  $ than brains, fighting over him.

Ch-ching.  He adroitly used the Pegulas to get max $ out of Your Leafs.  Hey, good for him, you gotta look out for #1.

If, in getting paid a small fortune to coach, he improves the lot for fellow coaches, that's 1 way to rationalize it.

The best coach is Joel Quenneville, period.