Babcock’s Marner Comments Landed Like a Zamboni Crash

Mike Babcock reopened an old wound with comments about Mitch Marner, and the reaction got awkward fast. That is what happens when a former coach picks at a topic that still has plenty of nerve endings attached. In hockey, the room remembers everything, and Toronto-related stories never really stay quiet for long once the noise starts. The fallout here says as much about the sport’s short memory and long grudges as it does about the quote itself.