On July 1, 2023, Mike Babcock was hired by the Columbus Blue Jackets after having been out of the NHL for three years. On September 17, 2023, he stepped down. It wasn’t a long tenure, but it was memorable (for all the wrong reasons, unfortunately). Let’s discuss what happened, and the direction the organization needs to go after this.
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