While the speculation is continuing regarding Mike Babcock's future with the Detroit Red Wings, the Wings' management should take notes on Babcock's post game Game 7 comments.
Mike Babcock didn't really need to say anything following his team's Game 7 defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. His Red Wings had just failed to score a goal against the Bolts for the first time all series, despite vastly outplaying the Lightning for the majority of the game.
He could have said that the Lightning got the bounces and left it at that. But Babcock, now a pending free agent himself, didn't leave his comments there.
Babcock put it bluntly, per Nicholas J. Cotsonika of Yahoo Sports, when he stated that "three of our best players are 34, 35, 37" and went on to say that Detroit has "lots of good young players, no question about it, and ideally we’ve got some good ones coming...But who’s going to replace Pav?"
Pavel Datsyuk is under contract for at least the next two seasons, but beyond that, his future, like Babcock's, is murky to say the least.
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Detroit Red Wings Need to Heed Mike Babcock’s Advice Despite Possible Departure
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