Remember when Mike Babcock flew the coup and on his way out the door he mentioned he was leaving the Detroit Red Wings in good hands? He was referring to his buddy Jeff Blashill.
Sometimes I find myself trying to figure out what Babcock meant by this. If this is “good” hands, I can’t imagine what it would be like if Babs left us in “bad” hands.
Yes, Blashill runs a similar system to coach Babcock, or should I say the “old” Babcock system. When you have Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg as your number one and two centers your able to shut teams down and win games 2-1.