It is less than two weeks before Maple Leafs training camp and Mike Babcock admits he is frightened.
In a good way.
Having shed the security and familiarity of a Detroit Red Wings franchise that he led to the playoffs in each of his 10 seasons there — an impressive run that included a Stanley Cup title in 2008 — the top coaching free agent of 2015 comes to Toronto with a record eight-year, $50-million contract in hand to take over a Maple Leafs team that was, to put it mildly, was dysfunctional last season.
Babcock’s response to that?