Mike Babcock and now Bill Peters death watch

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Babcock healthy scratching Mike Modano for a bunch of games so he wouldn't reach 1,500 games played is just downright petty and stupid.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

How pro players with media in their faces all the time don't let anything slip even off the record for so long is strange to me.

These kids have learned since major junior that you keep things in the room. And if youre a forward and theres only 400 nhl jobs up for grabs in any single season for you, you probably know you shouldnt rock the boat sad but true ... is this hockeys #metoo moment ?

 

[dash]

I'll just say this - It's more likely because WillieD became available that the Medicine Hat Tigers made a head coaching change, but there were plenty of rumblings that Shaun Clouston didn't treat his players very well when he was coaching the Tigers.

/Of course, that didn't stop the Kamloops Blazers from hiring Clouston as their current head coach.

 

[BGDave]

What Babcock "did" to Marner doesnt look so bad now, does it?

 

[esls79]

The advantages these reporters and insiders have and therefore usually don't rock the boat but if any of them knew about this stuff they are guilty for holding on to these stories as well. They maintained the status quo as well.

 

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What Babcock "did" to Marner doesnt look so bad now, does it?

I posted this yesterday, but what the heck, I'l post it again...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

The advantages these reporters and insiders have and therefore usually don't rock the boat but if any of them knew about this stuff they are guilty for holding on to these stories as well. They maintained the status quo as well.

I was going to include them in this cone of silence. They do see/hear stuff that they keep quiet to protect their own interests.

 

[puckhead]

is this hockeys #metoo moment ?

gotta be a bunch of players and coaches (current and past) getting pretty nervous.
I'm assuming Mike Keenan's mind-fuck stories could fill a book.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Meh. We knew that four years ago. Zetterberg all but said he was happy Babs was gone the following training camp. Carlo’s just trying to join in on the fun despite the fact he’s basically been a Babcock fan boy for the past two years on TSN radio every morning. Probably noticed that Jeff O’Neill was getting a lot of publicity for going in on Babcock (and to be fair to Jeff, his attitude toward Babs for his entire time here has been lukewarm to outright dislike, a very rare voice in this market to have done so) and wanted in.

The reason any of this blew up was because Mitch fucking Marner was the victim of Babs’ wrath. Tell me Nik Lidstrom cut his career short because he was fed up with Babcock’s shit and I’ll listen.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

gotta be a bunch of players and coaches (current and past) getting pretty nervous.
I'm assuming Mike Keenan's mind-fuck stories could fill a book.

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When Canuck defenceman Grant Ledyard (with the team’s permission) went to Dallas to be with his wife, who was receiving cancer treatments, Keenan had Ledyard’s locker-room stall cleaned out.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

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When Canuck defenceman Grant Ledyard (with the team’s permission) went to Dallas to be with his wife, who was receiving cancer treatments, Keenan had Ledyard’s locker-room stall cleaned out.

Oops ... cut and paste mishap ... left out the kill shot

Keenan told the players that Ledyard had abandoned them.

 

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Oh boy, how long does Hockey Canada keep this on their facebook site?!?

 

[DragonfromTO]

Babcock healthy scratching Mike Modano for a bunch of games so he wouldn't reach 1,500 games played is just downright petty and stupid.

Wasn't this already debunked or am I remembering incorrectly?

 

[puckhead]

Oops ... cut and paste mishap ... left out the kill shot

Keenan told the players that Ledyard had abandoned them.

jesus christ.

 

[dash]

Wasn't this already debunked or am I remembering incorrectly?

Mike Commodore and Jeff O'Neill have both mentioned it over the past couple of days.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Mike Commodore and Jeff O'Neill have both mentioned it over the past couple of days.

Well fuck, they'd never cite something that was incorrect. I guess I'm wrong

I'm gonna take 5 minutes to look at game logs when I get a chance but my initial glance suggests to me that Modano was barely healthy scratched in that final season, if at all.

 

[dash]

Well fuck, they'd never cite something that was incorrect. I guess I'm wrong

I'm gonna take 5 minutes to look at game logs when I get a chance but my initial glance suggests to me that Modano was barely healthy scratched in that final season, if at all.

lol - Not the best sources I realize - Maybe we should get Mike Modano on the phone and ask him about Babcock in his final NHL season?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol - Not the best sources I realize - Maybe we should get Mike Modano on the phone and ask him about Babcock in his final NHL season?

#METOOTH

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol - Not the best sources I realize - Maybe we should get Mike Modano on the phone and ask him about Babcock in his final NHL season?

I think the initial story floating out there was Modano was scratched for the last game which was shown to be wrong

He might be misremembering


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I enjoyed Mike at the beginning of the year and then I got injured and kind of out of the system and fought my way back. It was a tough pill to swallow to miss one of the last three games to get 1,500. It’s a bitter pill but for some reason, some way that was his decision and you gotta live with it the rest of your life.”

 

[mattola]

100%

When Canuck defenceman Grant Ledyard (with the team’s permission) went to Dallas to be with his wife, who was receiving cancer treatments, Keenan had Ledyard’s locker-room stall cleaned out.

Oops ... cut and paste mishap ... left out the kill shot

Keenan told the players that Ledyard had abandoned them.