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Ex-Red Wing Johan Franzen calls Mike Babcock 'the worst (person) I have ever met'

The Detroit Red Wings had to explain another ugly loss after getting routed by the Flyers 6-1. Filmed Nov. 29, 2019 in Philadelphia. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

Former Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has told Swedish media Mike Babcock, is “the worst person I have ever met.”

In an interview with Expressen, Franzen described Babcock as a great coach, “but he's a terrible person, the worst I ever met. He’s a bully who was attacking people. It could be a cleaner at the arena in Detroit or anybody. He would lay into people without any reason.