Babcock Clearing Could Put Him Back on an NHL Bench

The coaching carousel in this league never really stops spinning, and now Mike Babcock is back in the conversation. If he is cleared to coach again, teams will have to decide whether the baggage matters more than the bench track record, which is exactly the kind of debate NHL people love to have behind closed doors. A return would instantly become one of the summer’s louder talking points because the league remembers every move on a name this big.