Detroit Red Wings Roundtable: Will you miss Mike Babcock?

Apr 16, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock reacts against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period in game one of the first round of the the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

John Curran – Octopus Thrower Staff Writer

Will I miss Mike Babcock? Of course I will, that is until Jeff Blashill starts to shake things up and usher in a new era for Detroit Red Wings hockey, which in my own personal belief, won’t take long. Don’t get me wrong, Mike Babcock was, and still is a great NHL coach and fans of the Red Wings have grown very comfortable to seeing the Babcockian death-stare for the last decade. But like all comfortable and worn in things in life, there comes a time when you have to upgrade to something new.

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For Jeff Blashill, it’s the perfect time with the perfect group of players to really change things in Hockeytown. Gone are the days of playing the salty veteran over the young and hungry prospects. Maybe I’m wrong here, but I don’t think I am. Not to take anything away from Detroit’s veteran group of players but the time is approaching when some of the kids are ready to start making some noise.

Mike Babcock brought a lot to Detroit, and it will always be great and nostalgic to see him come to town as the visiting head coach, but all the exciting things/players that Red Wings have to look forward to wont make me shed too many tears for Babs.

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