With 40 total coaches in Toronto Maple Leafs history, there have been plenty of different personalities behind the bench.
Criticize Mike Babcock all you want (and I have), if we were to reverse this list, he’s probably in the top-five for best coaches in Toronto history.
However, he’s definitely had his flaws and there’s a reason why he was fired last November.
Babcock was stubborn and thought that because he’s been successful before, he would continue to be successful again by keeping his old ways.
There were a number of positives with Babcock, though.