Category: Mike Babcock
Blue Jackets Summer Q&A With Sean Kuraly
Columbus Blue JacketsSean Kuraly knows what’s at stake for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2024-25. He understands that under new leadership, everyone is under evaluation. The new season takes on even greater…
Read moreColumbus Blue Jackets Name Dean Evason Head Coach
Mike BabcockThe Columbus Blue Jackets have one huge piece of business taken care of this offseason, finally settling on a new head coach, naming Dean Evason as their bench boss going forward. GOT OUR GUY 🤩We've named Dean Evason as our new head coach!We’re thrilled to welcome Dean and his wife Genevieve to th...
Read moreWill Craig Berube Unleash Maple Leafs’ Super Line This Season?
William NylanderIn recent years, the Toronto Maple Leafs have mixed and matched the core four of Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, and William Nylander. During the regular season, the team…
Read moreBlue Jackets Signal New Era With Firing of Pascal Vincent
Mike BabcockColumbus Blue Jackets’ President and General Manager Don Waddell said that he was going to spend some time with head coach Pascal Vincent to get to know him. Apparently, Waddell…
Read morePascal Vincent fired by Columbus Blue Jackets after just one season in charge following Mike Babcock resignation
Mike BabcockPascal Vincent is out as Columbus Blue Jackets’s head coach. The Blue Jackets announced the coach’s firing on Monday afternoon. TEAM UPDATE: The #CBJ announce coaching changes. Full Release: https://t.co/BPOT7kiYII pic.twitter.com/cHU3rVUm9D — Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) June 17, 2024 Vi...
Read moreRanking Patrick Roy Among NHL’s 2023-24 Midseason Coach Hirings
Mike BabcockThe 2023-24 season was one of midseason hirings and firings. The tone was set days before the season began when the Columbus Blue Jackets fired Mike Babcock despite hiring him…
Read moreUnnumbered Thoughts: Isn't it time for John Davidson's reckoning in Columbus?
Toronto Maple LeafsSean Shapiro takes his weekly trip around the NHL in Unnumbered Thoughts and focuses on the debacle in Columbus.
Read moreRookie Midterms: David Jiříček has earned the right to be in the NHL, whether Columbus sees it that way or not
Blue JacketsDavid Jiříček thinks he deserves more of a leash in the NHL, and based on what we've seen, he's right....
Read morePatrik Laine and Johnny Gaudreau Still Not Meshing in Columbus
Columbus Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets are one of the worst teams in the NHL as players like Johnny Gaudreau and Patrik Laine are still not working out.
Read moreColumbus Blue Jackets Hire Mark Recchi As Assistant Coach
NHLPA4:48 p.m.: It’s a two-year term for Recchi, notes The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline, which means his deal as an assistant will expire after the 2024-25 season – the same as Vincent’s. 2:45 p.m.: The Columbus Blue Jackets have hired Hall-of-Fame forward Mark Recchi as an assistant coach, the team announ...
Read moreUnnumbered Thoughts: Marty Walsh's strong first impression heading the NHLPA
Mike BabcockSean Shapiro opens up the ledger for the 2023-24 season with the first Unnumbered Thoughts of the season.
Read moreColumbus Blue Jackets season preview
John DavidsonWell that didn’t last long, or end well. The Columbus Blue Jackets fired their head coach Brad Larsen less than a day after the club lost its final game of the season on 14 April. On 1 July, Mike Babcock … Continue reading → The post Columbus Blue Jackets season preview first appeared on Pro Hockey...
Read moreWhy Mike Babcock is out as Blue Jackets coach -- before his first game
Mike BabcockThe veteran coach resigned days before the start of training camp. Here's everything that led up to this moment, and what's next for the team.
Read moreBlue Jackets GM addresses players for the first time following Mike Babcock scandal: Here’s what he said
Paul BissonnetteThis is what he had to say after Babcock scandal The post Blue Jackets GM addresses players for the first time following Mike Babcock scandal: Here’s what he said appeared first on The Hockey Beast.
Read moreBlue Jackets executive admits a 'major misstep' in hiring Mike Babcock, who was forced to resign
John DavidsonColumbus Blue Jackets owners and executives on Monday were contrite over the forced resignation of controversial coach Mike Babcock days before the opening of training camp and eager to move on from the turmoil that engulfed the organization.
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