That noise you hear? It's the sound of athundering locomotive known as the Maple Leafs' hype train that picked up a fullhead of steam Friday when bookmakers in Las Vegas installed Toronto as theto win the Stanley Cup this spring.Indeed, if the NHL regular season ended today, you'd be hard-pre sed picking against the high-flying Maple Leafs in the playoffs.Fortunately, Mike Babcock is here to rain on thepremature Stanley Cup parade. Or at least attempt to serve as a voice of reason, taskedwith the ever- Tyler Lydon Jersey difficultresponsibility ofkeeping his young Leafs grounded in October and henceforth, lest they derail before accomplishing much of note Gary Harris Jersey when it actually matters.POWER RANKINGS:"All of that stuff is fluff," Babcock told reporters Friday, responding to Toronto's6-1-0 start that hasa faction of thelong-suffering center of the hockey universe obviously thinking rational thoughts."Ive coached lots of good teams. One that won the Presidents'Trophy, one that tied for the Presidents'Trophy, and theydidnt win the Cup. Its hard to win the Cup. Its darn near impo sible, so lets not worry about that."Lets try to get in the playoffs."It's easy to get swept up in the hype. The Leafs are a flashy, fast-living bunch, one that leads theleague in scoring at4.86 goals per game. The defense and goaltending hasn't met the same standard, but that's easy to overlook when they're regularly finding the net four, five, six times, beating the likes of the Blackhawks and Capitals so far.MORE:Leading the charge isAuston Matthews, their 20-year-old budding superstar who has looked every bit ready to launch his MVP campaign on the heels of becoming the NHL's rookie of the year, Nikola Jokic Jersey providing timely, jaw-dropping goals equal to theSidney Crosbysand Connor McDavids of the world. Have you heard? In 89 games, Matthews' 46 goals are only a couple off the pace of McDavid's 49in ...132 games. (For kicks Allen Iverson Jersey , Crosby got to 45 in 90 games.)Hockey Hall of Famer MikeModanoanointedMatthews as the next all-time great American scorer .Plenty of other awed onlookers, like the Bruins' Brad Marchand, have beenhappy to fan the flames.At what point do that have to start playing Matthews 1 vs 5 to make it fair for other teams?? Brad Marchand (@Bmarch63) To that, Babcock had to reach back deep into his bag of buzzkill."I think he just comes to work each and every day," Michael Porter Jersey he said of all the outside praise Matthews has received so far."I think all of those things are great, but I dont think its affecting his life. Thats just noise. The more you win, the more the noise is positive. The more you lose, the more the noise is negative. But you probably shouldnt listen when its negative, and you probably shouldnt listen when its positive."Who said anything about losing? Related Articles Ranking best NHL arenas