My memory is great. Yours is apparently revisionist history and speculation.
Unless you have a link or some proof that Shanny left because of Babs?
Yzerman was considering retirment because he couldn't skate and was playing so poorly.
Flip left for more money and more icetime that he wouldn't get behind Dats and Z.
Who knows why Hudler does what he does. Could've been Babs. Hudler left and came back once.
Chelios, who had no role in signing free agents when Babcock was coach and wasn't even on the team after 2009 is apparently sad he couldn't "win his heart" which probably has more to do with Chelios not getting as much ice time because he was an old man than anything else.
It's funny how the tune has changed regarding Babcock now that he coaches Toronto.
Hudler had to come back to the Wings because he left after his arbitration situation was filed.
Shanahan said he wasn't into the screaming that happened that first year. He felt that after three Cups and all the blood he'd shed for the Wings, he didn't need to be treated like a rookie looking for a handout. Iirc, he had a 40G season that year too. Yzerman mentioned the shouting too. Babs even commented that the screaming was stupid and he was disappointed he'd come in that way.
Now...links? Well, they were here but the team boards got wiped a year ago, except the last three years. Looking for them now might only yield links to archives, and money is required, so no, thank you.
You honestly believe I would post something that isn't true? These comments came from the players -- not a reporter or anyone else speculating. Do you remember the Finnish player who said Babs wanted him to play like Holmstrom (in front of the net), and he just wasn't going to do that? He was traded to Philly.
The tune has not changed. Some of us talked about this stuff as it was happening.