Babcock’s Second-Chance NHL Carousel Keeps Spinning

Mike Babcock is back in the kind of conversation that makes people in hockey shake their heads and check the room for hidden cameras. The idea of another NHL shot for a coach with this much baggage feels equal parts familiar and absurd, which is exactly how this league works when a team convinces itself that experience solves everything. There is always a front office somewhere willing to believe it can be different this time, and that’s what makes this story feel so on-brand for the NHL.