Leafs’ Shanahan points out lie in Babcock-Marner incident at governors meeting!

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Leafs’ Shanahan points out lie in Babcock-Marner incident at governors meeting!
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We are still hearing former Toronto Maple Leafs former head coach Mike Babcock despite the fact that he was fired almost a month ago. That’s because stories of abuse and disrespect have come out since he was let go and the one we found out days after his dismissal is still hard to swallow. 

As you know, it was revealed that Babcock forced a 19-year-old Mitch Marner to make a list of all the players on the team, singling out the players who he viewed had the worst work ethic. Since the incident was made public, many have denounced Babcock, condemning the former head coach for putting Marner through such an ordeal and even accused Babs of trying to put his players against one another.

Babcock commented on his actions and revealed that he knew it was a mistake and apologized right away to Marner. 

However on Tuesday, Leafs president Brendan Shanahan revealed an important detail in the story that Babcock omitted to make clear: it was Shanahan that forced Babcock to apologize to Marner, per TSN's Frank Seravelli. 

“I addressed it right away with Mike and Mike apologized to Mitch. It wasn’t something that was appropriate or acceptable to us.”


Fans have been quick to react to Shanahan’s precision as he commented on the situation at the meetings of governors on Tuesday. Some say Babcock has therefore been caught in a lie, which could dampen his chances to get hired again in the NHL. 

Did he really lie? We don’t know for sure, but he surely omitted that details in the story when he came forward with the details last month. 

Source: TSN