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Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC [message #852691 is a reply to message #852688 ]	Fri, 26 June 2026 10:45

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Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 25 June 2026 13:36

12 minute interview with McD and Rishaug
Worth a listen.
McD is on board.. regardless of the coach.. I think its a great sign that he's commited to making the team better.. he's getting personally involved and taking ownership in the teams future.. which I'm translating into his believing he's part of the franchise.. he's an Oiler and the Oilers are him.. I'm hopeful the Stauffer comment a few weeks ago where he said he believed McD will sign a 7 year extension is actually true.. 🤞🏻 🙂 👍🏻

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/2026/06/24/mcdavid-our-coaching -staff-is-elite-babcock-brings-something-weve-never-had-in-e dmonton/

The hockey media are absolutely enraged over the Babcock press conference icon_lol

From Edmonton and Rishaug and Gregor to Toronto and the TSN guys like Mike Johnson to ESPN and Greg wyshinksi or whatever his name is they are completely rattled that Babcock refused to grovel - for what exactly no one can really say - but he definitely owed them an apology!

Its fantastic! And the more it happens the more the tone is shifting and people are realizing that the only reason this was ever a thing was because the media hated that he was mean to them. That's it. That's the story. They convinced people that Mike Babcock is a terrible person and we should all hate him because he was mean to hockey players. Something the media would never condone! icon_rolleyes

Imagine allowing these people to lecture you on who is a good person and who isn't.

Of course Mike Babcock probably said and did some mean things. But so has every coach in the NHL and every player and every celebrity etc. The reason that Babcock is singled out and given this treatment is precisely because of what we saw at the press conf.

They hate that he won't "play ball" - in other words the way this is supposed to work is that he begs for forgiveness and they pat him on the head and allow him to be accepted as long as he continues to wash their balls when instructed to.

The fact that he didn't do it is killing them. You love to see it.

"Initiative comes to thems that wait"

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Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Mon, 15 June 2026 14:15
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Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Kr55 on Thu, 18 June 2026 11:11
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Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 18 June 2026 12:06
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Kr55 on Thu, 18 June 2026 12:25
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 18 June 2026 12:39
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Kr55 on Thu, 18 June 2026 12:41
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Jay on Thu, 18 June 2026 13:50
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: inverno76 on Thu, 18 June 2026 14:17
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Kr55 on Thu, 18 June 2026 14:54
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Rocksteady on Thu, 18 June 2026 16:17
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Kr55 on Thu, 18 June 2026 17:11
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Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Kr55 on Wed, 24 June 2026 11:03
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: PlusOne on Fri, 19 June 2026 23:37
Re: Mike Babcock - Cleared by NHL to coach again	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 18 June 2026 18:40
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Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Tue, 23 June 2026 09:02
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: mightyreasoner on Tue, 23 June 2026 12:08
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Tue, 23 June 2026 12:26
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: JPro on Tue, 23 June 2026 13:15
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Tue, 23 June 2026 15:05
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Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Tue, 23 June 2026 15:23
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: mightyreasoner on Tue, 23 June 2026 13:43
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Jay on Tue, 23 June 2026 15:43
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Tue, 23 June 2026 15:12
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Rutuu on Tue, 23 June 2026 18:23
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Leia on Wed, 24 June 2026 03:20
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Wed, 24 June 2026 09:37
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Skookum Jim on Tue, 23 June 2026 17:18
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Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 25 June 2026 13:27
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 25 June 2026 13:36
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Jay on Fri, 26 June 2026 10:45
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