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Zak MacMillan
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Joined: 09.21.2015

Jun 3 @ 12:18 PM ET
Zak MacMillan: BABCOCK
birdie03
Columbus Blue Jackets
Joined: 07.01.2011

Jun 3 @ 12:27 PM ET
See my response to Ek.

No - no - no . . . a thousand times NO !! Babcock will set back the organization, team, and prospect development 10 years. With so many GOOD options available, why would Jarmo do this to the team ???

This will be a huge failure on Jarmo's part. This was the HC he had to nail, and he screwed the pooch !!

dozerD10
Anaheim Ducks
Location: long beach, CA
Joined: 01.29.2014

Jun 3 @ 12:30 PM ET
Just wow...
birdie03
Columbus Blue Jackets
Joined: 07.01.2011

Jun 3 @ 12:41 PM ET
He was desperate - I believe his Toronto contract was done July 1 !! It will be interesting to see the term/salary for Babcock.
jsrstl1
Season Ticket Holder
St Louis Blues
Location: New Braumfels, TX
Joined: 01.08.2022

Jun 3 @ 12:48 PM ET
That is stupid
ChrisMS
Joined: 05.02.2012

Jun 3 @ 1:20 PM ET
So. The cock is the new head in cbus. You guys think you got screwed or is this a happy ending?
jsrstl1
Season Ticket Holder
St Louis Blues
Location: New Braumfels, TX
Joined: 01.08.2022

Jun 3 @ 1:24 PM ET
I have no skin in the game except I love the NHL . 10 years Jarmo has had control , he has accomplished nothing. Johnny hockey has to be going nuts. Ownership better reevaluate their leadership this is the worst hire since Mike Keenan !
MABster
Calgary Flames
Location: Canada, AB
Joined: 10.02.2006

Jun 3 @ 1:39 PM ET
Wow-- Johnny Gaudreau escapes Sutter, only to end up with...Babcock.

So much for creativity and skill being able to flourish.
MacPatty
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 05.21.2015

Jun 3 @ 2:19 PM ET
I think this will be a great hire. Babcock knows he has to make some changes to the way he coaches. He has been getting paid for a few years now and I guarantee you he has been working this whole time on evaluating players and coaching strategies across the league.

Will be interesting to see what roster moves they make to go along with this.
Zak MacMillan
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Joined: 09.21.2015

Jun 3 @ 2:28 PM ET
See my response to Ek.

No - no - no . . . a thousand times NO !! Babcock will set back the organization, team, and prospect development 10 years. With so many GOOD options available, why would Jarmo do this to the team ???

This will be a huge failure on Jarmo's part. This was the HC he had to nail, and he screwed the pooch !!

- birdie03



I’m so glad I just put my intro to start the world deserves a quick open take from the fans!
Zak MacMillan
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Joined: 09.21.2015

Jun 3 @ 2:28 PM ET
Just wow...
- dozerD10



Working on the takes here
DJBAKER0513
Season Ticket Holder
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: westerville, OH
Joined: 02.01.2012

Jun 3 @ 2:43 PM ET
If this is true, I will be a former Season ticket holder for the CBJ. I will not support a team that hires that D-Bag.
Kevin R
Calgary Flames
Location: E5 = It aint gonna happen.
Joined: 02.10.2010

Jun 3 @ 2:49 PM ET
Wow-- Johnny Gaudreau escapes Sutter, only to end up with...Babcock.

So much for creativity and skill being able to flourish.

- MABster

Welllll I guess this will cue the end of any chances Lindholm would want to get a trade to Columbus & extend with them. I just about fell out of my chair when I saw that headline. Ouch. I am so thankful the Flames didnt sign him
Ya you gotta wonder what Johnny boy must be thinking.
optimus-reim
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 06.21.2011

Jun 3 @ 2:57 PM ET
See my response to Ek.

No - no - no . . . a thousand times NO !! Babcock will set back the organization, team, and prospect development 10 years. With so many GOOD options available, why would Jarmo do this to the team ???

This will be a huge failure on Jarmo's part. This was the HC he had to nail, and he screwed the pooch !!

- birdie03



πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†
optimus-reim
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 06.21.2011

Jun 3 @ 2:58 PM ET
I think this will be a great hire. Babcock knows he has to make some changes to the way he coaches. He has been getting paid for a few years now and I guarantee you he has been working this whole time on evaluating players and coaching strategies across the league.

Will be interesting to see what roster moves they make to go along with this.

- MacPatty



Wow, how dare you have an original thought.
Don’t you know Babcock is ______(insert whatever the clowns are saying here)
Alexzanki
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Montreal, QC
Joined: 06.03.2008

Jun 3 @ 3:01 PM ET
He was desperate - I believe his Toronto contract was done July 1 !! It will be interesting to see the term/salary for Babcock.
- birdie03


probably same as Torts, 2 millions this is your only way back in contract.
GalacticStone
Tampa Bay Lightning
Location: Supercharged engine powered by high octane butthurt
Joined: 01.29.2013

Jun 3 @ 3:13 PM ET
My sincere condolences. At least it wasn't Keenan. I guess.
birdie03
Columbus Blue Jackets
Joined: 07.01.2011

Jun 3 @ 3:28 PM ET
I’m so glad I just put my intro to start the world deserves a quick open take from the fans!
- Zak MacMillan


C'mon Zak. You have to be surprised on the down side, like most of us. There were so many good directions to go with available coaches but Jarmo re-cycles a coach that couldn't coach the young "core four" in Toronto.
So apparently Jarmo felt Babcock was the best choice of all the available coaches ??

Mistake !! Big Mistake. I question Jarmo and JD and what the future holds for the BlueJackets.

I'm hoping this an April Fools Day bad dream. He could have hired Babcock when he fired Larsen !! Would have saved us all a month of hoping there will be a change with the team.

Decisions like this makes me wonder who Jarmo will draft at #3 in a few weeks !!!!????
THE EVIL WITHIN
Season Ticket Holder
Location: NJ
Joined: 11.20.2017

Jun 3 @ 3:55 PM ET
So. The cock is the new head in cbus. You guys think you got screwed or is this a happy ending?
- ChrisMS

Pretty smelly cock-wise
Kevin R
Calgary Flames
Location: E5 = It aint gonna happen.
Joined: 02.10.2010

Jun 3 @ 5:28 PM ET
C'mon Zak. You have to be surprised on the down side, like most of us. There were so many good directions to go with available coaches but Jarmo re-cycles a coach that couldn't coach the young "core four" in Toronto.
So apparently Jarmo felt Babcock was the best choice of all the available coaches ??

Mistake !! Big Mistake. I question Jarmo and JD and what the future holds for the BlueJackets.

I'm hoping this an April Fools Day bad dream. He could have hired Babcock when he fired Larsen !! Would have saved us all a month of hoping there will be a change with the team.

********Decisions like this makes me wonder who Jarmo will draft at #3 in a few weeks !!!!????

- birdie03
*******

Was really hoping it would be a deal along the lines like Lindholm, Vladar, Ruzicka & our 2023 2nd for that #3 so you guys can get your top line centre & reunite Gaudreau & Lindy. Oh well. Not looking good, sounds like Lindholm & others couldnt stand Sutter, not sure how Babcrotch will go over.

jkumpire
Location:
Joined: 03.16.2009

Jun 3 @ 9:48 PM ET
Does anyone have some a couple of Arizona jerseys to sell? They have a better future than the CBJ if they hire this man.

Well, since Bally Sports won't be around I will have lots more time in the winter to do something constructive instead of being a cbj fan and trying to find out where their games are being broadcast.

HenryHockey
Season Ticket Holder
Detroit Red Wings
Location: Gwinn, MI
Joined: 01.26.2020

Jun 4 @ 8:58 AM ET
A telltale sign is that Babs 1st request as coach is for Jarmo to trade for "Snitchy Mitchy" if he should come available.