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Mike Babcock on Auston Matthews: “His ability to lead has gotten better and better as time has gone on”

Let’s start off with Mitch Marner. He’s not here. Is the focus to coach the guys that are here?

Babcock: That is the focus for your staff. You’ve got to worry about the guys that are on deck. We talk about that all year when there are injuries — you’ve got Hyms and Dermott — and things like that. There is nothing you can do about that.

We had a lot of change over the summer. Our staff has done a real nice job of acquiring players and moving it around. We’ve got a big job here.