Well…it appears over for Mike Babcock in Detroit…it was just announced that he has taken the job in Toronto for a monstrous amount of money…50 million dollars over 8 years making him the highest paid coach in NHL history by a huge margin….6.25 million a year and the next highest paid coach gets about 3.25 million…so, the Wings offer of 4 mil per wasn’t even in the ballpark….but, I think there is more to it than money…he now has the opportunity to take an original 6 team and rebuild it and try to prove he is as good of a coach as Scotty Bowman…that’s a stretch…. and I can’t wait to beat them next year….

Well…it appears from the news reports that Mike Babcock is going to leave the Red Wings for somewhere else when his contact expires at the end of June. I really don’t think this is that big of a surprise after he decided to talk to other teams about a month ago…I can’t remember any other coach looking at other teams and then coming back to his current team and signing…so, I guess this is goodbye, Mike…it was fun having you in Detroit and I hope you do well at your next stop…..