Today I get to give my outsider's perspective on Babcock mania, and it is this: Oh Craaaaaap. Considering Brendan Shanahan, Kyle Dubas (who will end up GM eventually, I bet), and Mike Babcock, the Leafs are on a ridiculous growth path that will build you a team (nay, at least three teams, one on each level) strong enough to contend for AT LEAST the Red Wings' fabled 22 consecutive years.
A hard, seven-game series against the Red Wings taught me to hate Babcock's team; watching Babcock pull together an odd group of aging and rookie stars into something cohesive taught me FEAR.