Oilers want to hire Mike Babcock three years after Blue Jackets photo controversy

Fonte: New York Post

The Oilers are consulting with the NHL Players’ Association to see if they can potentially hire Mike Babcock as head coach without objection, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. The Oilers fired Kris Knoblauch in May after being eliminated by Anaheim in the first round of the playoffs. The rumblings come after the 63-year-old Babcock resigned as bench boss of the Blue Jackets in 2023 before coaching a single game for them due to allegations of invading players’ privacy, asking them to share photos from their mobile devices.