Is clearing Mike Babcock a bad look for the NHL?
6/18/20261 hr
Mike Babcock has been cleared by the NHL after the league investigated his conduct during his tenure with the Columbus Blue Jackets, paving the way for the Edmonton Oilers to hire Babcock as their next head coach. Sean, Frank and Sean present their opinions on Babcock, the Maple Leafs hiring Jim Hiller, and Kelly McCrimmon's end of season comments on the Golden Knights being the most hated team in the NHL and the possibility of Rod Brind'Amour being one of Hockey's Hall of Fame inductees next week.
Host: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe
With: Frank Corrado
Executive Producer: Chris Flannery
Producer: Jeff Domet
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First 90 secondsFrankie Corrado· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] This is The Athletic Hockey Show.
Sean Gentille· Host0:11
What up, what up? It's The Athletic Hockey Show. It is June the 18th, 2026. I am Sean Gentille. I am joined by Frankie Corrado and Sean McIndoe. Boys, how happy are you guys to see me sitting in my home and not in a B-list Marriott property somewhere in the- I, I was gonna say- ... some, somewhere in the continent of the United States?
Sean McIndoe· Host0:43
... that's a good, good-looking hotel you got there. [laughs] What's, uh ... Nice, crisp Wi-Fi. What's, what's happening?
Sean Gentille· Host0:48
I'm just glad nobody was asleep in my bed whenever I, whene- whenever I got home for this one.
Sean McIndoe· Host0:53
[laughs] It appears you didn't come into any screams for blood or- We don't, we don't, we don't need to go in, we don't need to go into that story.
Sean Gentille· Host0:58
That was, that was, that one's fine in the group chat.
Frankie Corrado· Guest1:00
I, I hope you made yourself a breakfast with, like, real eggs. You deserve that at this point.
Sean Gentille· Host1:04
No, bud. I, I mass ordered the powdered eggs that I've eaten in Fairfield Inns across the United States over the last, o- over the last two months. It's a Stockholm syndrome situation. Fellas, uh, we're recording a little late today, and it was beneficial for us. It is Mike Babcock Day. Congratulations, everybody. Uh, the league has completed its review of the Babcock situation.
Sean McIndoe· Host1:28
Thorough investigation- Yes.