Was there a big news story this week? Really? I didn’t read about anything at all. Something out of the centre of the universe? I must have missed it!
- But all jokes aside, as some of you may have possibly heard, Mike Babcock was fired yesterday by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Brendan Shanahan joined the Leafs on their trip to Arizona and delivered the news in person after Wednesday morning’s skate. Chris Johnston has a good blow-by-blow of the whole thing for Sportsnet, including this spicy little tidbit that probably goes a long way to explaining why Babcock is out after just four and a half seasons:
“I think that we feel that we haven’t played up to our expectations this year.