The Columbus Blue Jackets are set to hire Mike Babcock as the team's new head coach, four years after he was fired as bench boss in Toronto. In light of reports about Babcock's treatment of players during his coaching career, many are asking why he's back in an NHL hot seat.
It's difficult to know precisely what to believe about allegations that Mike Babcock demanded to see photos on players' phones shortly after taking over as the Columbus Blue Jackets head coach.
Paul Bissonnette — who first broke the accusations on the Spittin' Chiclets podcast — is sticking to his story that the coach was breaching players' privacy by "putting them on the spot" and "grilling them" on the contents of their phones.