The NHL will be doing their investigation into Mike Babcock at the NHLPAs request
Darren Dreger: (posted on Tuesday) “The NHLPA has asked the NHL to move forward with an investigation into the allegations Mike Babcock invaded players privacy during his time in Columbus.”
- Frank Seravalli: “To add to @DarrenDreger’s report, sources say the NHLPA has specifically requested that the NHL delay Mike Babcock’s hiring by the Edmonton Oilers until a formal investigation can be completed.”
- Pierre LeBrun: “Further to what @DarrenDreger reports here, the NHL is awaiting word from the Oilers. Which is to say, if Edmonton wants to go ahead with the Babcock hire, then the league will go ahead with its investigation as per the NHLPA request. But that’s if the Oilers decide to go ahead with the hire.”
Pierre LeBrun: “The NHL is moving ahead with its investigation on Mike Babcock and events in Columbus as per NHLPA request.”
- Darren Dreger: “There’s no timeline on how quickly this can be carried out. The Oilers are aware of this. Players involved, etc in 2023 will have to be interviewed. If Babcock were to back out at this stage, a league source says there would be no reason to investigate.”
- Greg Wyshynski: “Please recall that the NHL didn’t investigate Babcock in 2023 because he resigned from the CBJ. The same deal here: If the Oilers and Babcock go their separate ways, no investigation.”
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Frank Seravalli: “If #Oilers elect to continue down the path with Mike Babcock, sources say the #NHLPA is in receipt of “significant” additional claims from their own investigation with players that were not publicly reported in 2023. Those claims were presented to #NHL prior to his resignation.”
- Frank Seravalli: “Furthermore, sources indicate that asking players to see photos is NOT what ultimately resulted in Babcock’s resignation. It was the subsequent (unknown) allegation reported below that cost Babcock his job in #CBJ.”
Jim Matheson: “Here’s thing with Babcock: his baggage is heavy not carry-on, he has done some cringe to cruel stuff by accounts as a coach and human. He is imperfect, far from warm and fuzzy. He is not easy coach but Scotty Bowman wasn’t either he says, in Montreal. Scotty won, so has Babcock.”
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