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A day after Babcock and the team parted ways before he even coached a game, the Blue Jackets released a statement reading:“Our ownership group is deeply frustrated and disappointed by the events of the past week. We have been in contact with John Davidson, Jarmo Kekalainen and our management team throughout this process and were in full agreement with Mike Babcock stepping down and Pascal Vincent leading our team as head coach,” the statement said.
“We had candid conversations with our leadership after last season about our goals and expectations for growth and progress on the ice in 2023-24. Those expectations are still in place and can still be achieved, so we do not anticipate further changes to our hockey leadership team at this time. Additional disruptions would be detrimental to our players and coaches as they prepare for the opening of training camp in two days.
Additionally, Kekalainen said at a media conference “he apologized to the team this morning for hiring Mike Babcock,” according to Blue Jackets beat writer Aaron Portzline of The Athletic. Team president Davidson said: “We got it wrong and that’s on us.”There was an error, please provide a valid email address.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
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