MONTREAL, QC - OCTOBER 26: Look on Toronto Maple Leafs center Jason Spezza (19) during the Toronto Maple Leafs versus the Montreal Canadiens game on October 26, 2019, at Bell Centre in Montreal, QC (Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Jason Spezza is getting the last laugh over former coach Mike Babcock.
Everyone remembers the outrage from fans last season when former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock benched Jason Spezza for the home opener after the veteran forward had signed here in the off-season. Here we had a veteran who chose to sign with his hometown team and even did so at the league minimum of $700,000, being benched for seemingly no justifiable reason in his first game.