Hockey Blogger Bruce Curlock (6/18/26)

Bob Stauffer· Host0:00

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Bruce Curlock· Guest0:42

I'm good. How are you, Bob?

Bob Stauffer· Host0:43

Good. Interesting day in oil country. So the league has rendered their decision. Mike Babcock is free to work. I think we all know where this is going. Uh, and he was not your first choice, was he?

Bruce Curlock· Guest0:58

No, he, he, he wasn't, for sure. I mean, that's, again, it really relates to the end of his tenure in Toronto on the ice for me- Right ... and the fact that it's 2026, and then spend some time away from the game. So, um, doesn't, doesn't make him a bad choice. Just, just because I said it wasn't a good choice doesn't mean... I mean, I wasn't in agreement with Chris Noblock coming on, uh, uh, [laughs] for Jay Woodcroft, and Chris Noblock got to within one