There the pulled the skeletons out of the closet in the NHL for the time being.
the Firing of Mike Babcock in Toronto Maple Leaf got former players to come forward and explain what are the methods of Babcock took advantage of both of the Maple Leafs and Detroit Redwings.
Subsequently, it is also Bill Peters has been fired in the Calgary Flames, just like the Chicago Blackhawks’ assistant coach, Marc Crawford, has been suspended whilst the club investigate allegations against him.
It is, of course, a hot topic among hockey enthusiasts in north America – and in the many podcasts, that takes the world’s best however under the loving treatment.
Also the podcast ‘Spittin’ Chiclets’, where ishockeylegenden Chris Go. was a guest in the latest programme. In his more than 1900 matches in the NHL, he reached to win the Stanley Cup three times – the last time with Mike Babcock at the helm of the Detroit Red Wings.
Mike Babcock won a Stanley Cup in Detroit Red Wings – but his methods were not the nicest. Photo: Davis Zalubowski/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
He was therefore the question of who in the Detroit Red Wings, who had it the worst under Mike Babcock. Here, he pointed without hesitation at the Swedish Johan was ceded, that can both write Stanley Cup winner and world champion on his resume.
What he did against him towards the end. Was ceded was injured, and it was in the playoffs. Some of the things he said to him on the bench … I don’t know what he said to him behind closed doors, face to face, but he attacked him verbally during the match.
– It went so far, that poor Johan, as we did not know the context of the concussion and the depression, broke just together. He got a nervous breakdown. Not just on the bench, but also in the locker room after the fight. It is probably the worst I’ve ever seen, ” says Chris Go..
was ceded told a year ago that he has had it hard after karrierestoppet. Both physically, because of several hjernerystelser, but also mentally. today he tells Swedish Expressen more about the mental side – that it is mostly due to the Babcock treatment. And he remembers well the incident Go. mentions:
– I get chills when I think of it. It was against Nashville in the playoffs. It was rough, ugly and shocking. But it was just one of the hundred times he did it. It was the tip of the iceberg, says the former forward.
He describes Mike Babcock as a person with two sides.
– As a trainer, he was very precise and well prepared. He is really good to put a system together and get everyone to buy into it. It is his strong side.
– in Addition, he is a terrible person – the worst person I have met. A bully who attacks people. It could be nice in arena in Detroit or whoever. He attacks people just because he could.
Johan was ceded had more hjernerystelser in his career. Here he is on the ice, after being hit hard in 2006. Photo: Paul Sancya/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Johan was ceded have it good nowadays. But in his last four years as a player and in four years after being stopped, have Babcock haunted him.
– From 2011 I was hundeangst to be in the ice-rink. I focused just on getting up in the morning. It was then, he threw himself over me for the first time. And last year was the first time since then that I have slept well, ” says Johan was ceded.
The now 39-year-old swede had to discontinue his career in 2015 after a heavy tackle, which resulted in yet another concussion. He is still under contract in the Detroit Red Wings, who this season – his last in an 11-year-long deal pays him 6,75 million.
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