Mike Babcock
Mike Babcock
Michael "Mike" Babcock, Jr.is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach, currently serving as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He previously spent 10 seasons as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2008 and helped to the Stanley Cup Playoffs every year during his tenure. He holds the record as winningest coach in Red Wings history, surpassing that of Jack Adams. He has also served...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 April 1963
legs quicker suddenly
He's got his legs back and suddenly we're a lot quicker team.
bones cat cut fine guess sent sounds
He's cut around the eye. I guess the bones are fine. They sent him for a CAT scan or whatever, but it sounds like he's just fine and everything's precautionary, so that's real positive.
bones cat cut fine guess sent sounds
He's cut around the eye, ... I guess the bones are fine. They sent him for a CAT scan or whatever, but it sounds like he's just fine and everything's precautionary, so that's real positive.
capable defensive game good gotten nice offensive plays team tonight
He's good defensively, but tonight he made plays with the puck, which was nice to see. Sometimes as a defensive defenseman on an offensive team they always want you to do more than you're capable of doing. His game has gotten much better with the puck.
capable defensive game good gotten nice offensive plays team
He's good defensively, but (Monday) he made plays with the puck, which was nice to see. Sometimes as a defensive defenseman on an offensive team they always want you to do more than you're capable of doing. His game has gotten much better with the puck.
extra
He's fine. We are just being extra careful.
coach great hard
He's been outstanding, so he's making it as hard on the coach as possible. That's a great thing.
ability asking bottom center check coach confident line playing question score
He has the ability to score, the question is if he can do enough of the other things to get playing time. You score when your coach is confident enough to put you out there enough to let you score. The bottom line is all he has to do is be a little responsible. I'm not asking him to check the No. 1 center in the league. If he sits in his end even a little bit, he'll be OK.
game ready
He'll be ready to go for Game 1 for sure.
exhibition premier stellar
We think he's a premier defenseman in this league. He had a stellar exhibition (season).
exhibition premier stellar
We think he's a premier defenseman in this league, ... He had a stellar exhibition (season).
committed guys nice record
Getting that record is nice, but it's not what we set out to do. But it's nice to have. These guys are a committed group.
defensive five four games good nights playing team
Four games in five nights and playing a good defensive team on the road, we must be doing something right.
ask concerned crazy game might overdoing stay tried
I was very concerned about not overdoing it, and just making it another game for the guys, ... I tried to stay normal, but you would have to ask them how well I did. I might have been a crazy person.