2xJack
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- Apr 19, 2019
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Then Yzerman picked Babcock to coach Canada not once but twice. And Shanny went on to hire him to coach the Leafs.
Yzerman played for Scotty ****ing Bowman. You think he couldn't deal with Babcock?
I never heard anything substantiated about Babcock being a factor in Yzerman's retirement, but feel free to provide a link.
Good luck with getting a link. We're talking about something that almost happend, but didn't, 15 years ago. That predates twitter even. I doubt there's anything to find, the internet wasn't what it is now back then.
However, I remember the rumors from the time quite well. Hull retired in October and there was a month of speculation that Yzerman was next. You could also see it in his body language. Multiple people are saying it was a factor because it is true. Babcock was clearly not the only reason, or even the primary reason, for Yzerman's retirement. But it was a factor. His knee was always the biggest issue.