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>Former Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has told Swedish media Mike Babcock, is “the worst person I have ever met.”

>In an interview with Expressen, Franzen described Babcock as a great coach, “but he's a terrible person, the worst I ever met. He’s a bully who was attacking people. It could be a cleaner at the arena in Detroit or anybody. He would lay into people without any reason.”

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>Franzen also confirmed a story Chris Chelios revealed during Monday’s episode of the podcast, "Spittin’ Chiclets." The incident happened during Game 5 of the Wings’ 2012 playoff series against Nashville.

>“Some of the things he (Babcock) said to him (Franzen) on the bench, I don’t know what he said to him behind closed doors one-on-one, but he blatantly verbally assaulted him during the game on the bench,” Chelios said. “It got to the point where poor Johan, no one really knowing he was suffering with the concussion thing and the depression thing, he just broke down and had nervous breakdown, not only on the bench but after the game in one of the rooms in Nashville.

>“It was probably one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.”

>The incident still haunts Franzen, who was forced to retire in 2015 after repeated head injuries caused him to suffer from post-concussion syndrome. He and his family returned to their native Sweden this past summer.

>“I get the shivers when I think about it,” Franzen told Expressen. “That incident occurred against Nashville in the playoffs. It was coarse, nasty and shocking. But that was just one out of a hundred things he did. The tip of the iceberg.

>“He would lay into a couple of the other players. The nice team players, the guys who don’t say very much. When they left the team he went on to focus on me. It was verbal attacks, he said horrible things.”

>Babcock coached the Wings from 2005-2015. He left the Wings to coach the Maple Leafs, and was fired after 4½ seasons last month.

>“From 2011 on, I was terrified of being at the rink,” Franzen said. “That’s when he got on me the first time. I just focused on getting out of bed every morning from that moment. Last year I could sleep naturally for the first time since then.

>“It was just his attacks, playing in my head. Each and every day.”

Some hopium for today.

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So... confirmed Hyman approved? He had Babcock as a coach in Toronto.

Not my video but whoever uploaded this ily

I miss his PK'ing

Currently in the presale line for Seattle right now. If I order lower bowl seats and buy the VIP upgrade, do mt seats turn into pit seats? How does this work?

Just wanted to remind you all about this presser from Draisaitl after Woody was fired in 2023.

On 91.7 they were talking about the reason the Oilers use the song La Bamba, and the various different bits of history and attachment to it, and talked about Ben Stelter's history with it. But instead of saying his name they kept saying "the dead kid". I get that they are just riffing and talking on the radio, but can we use his name? The phrasing seemed so inappropriate to me for a broadcast.