The decorated coach has moved up his timeline to make a decision – much to the delight of everyone sitting around waiting for it.
“The decision date is going to be moved up,” Babcock told Dreger in an interview conducted at the IIHF World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic. “I’ll bet you by [May] 20, I’m going to know what I’m doing.” (NHL.com)
If the Leafs are, in fact, in the running for his services then the situation will put itself to a close sometime next week. If Toronto doesn’t land the biggest free agent of 2015 they’ll be able to move on and put there efforts elsewhere.