Brian Burke

That's the one thing that I was hoping we got with here with you, Emily, and that is this idea that there were, I'm sure, plenty of players, other people in hockey that said, you know what, it was weird.

I don't want to go back there, but none of it was enough that he shouldn't be hired elsewhere.

I'm just curious how many players that might have been part of that initial story in Columbus just said, you know what, I'm done with this and I'm done with Mike Babcock.

I want nothing to do with this now.

I'm with you.

I hope he can forget about hockey for a little bit.

But impossible now with this news.

You know, one of the things we've never heard out of Mike Babcock is, and Emily can correct me if I'm wrong here, an apology.

Like, there's going to be a presser next week.

And I think we're all wondering, okay, so now he's been given the green light to negotiate with the Edmonton Oilers.

He'll be behind the bench when the season begins, all 84 games.

We'll see if he can get to the finish line here.

But what do we expect at the presser?

And do you think that there's any way...

I mean, cynical Jeff, Emily says, no, no chance.

But do you think that there's any way that there's any sort of mea culpa here from Mike Babcock?

I mean, listen, like, you know, Aaron Ward just came out with a story on coming in hot, right?

Like all these stories are all coming out now.

Players now feel much more comfortable.

They're older, they're out of the league, many are in media, and they're comfortable sharing their Mike Babcock stories.