{"id":3402,"date":"2026-06-18T18:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:05:17","slug":"nhl-clears-mike-babcock-to-coach-the-oilers-after-review-of-his-columbus-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3402","title":{"rendered":"NHL clears Mike Babcock to coach the Oilers after review of his Columbus tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The NHL said Thursday it completed a review of Mike Babcock\u2019s tenure in Columbus, cleared him to coach the Edmonton Oilers if they opt to hire him. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3400\">Jacob Misiorowski wasn\u2019t content being MLB\u2019s hardest-throwing starter. Now he also might be the best<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The league launched an investigation at the request of the NHL Players\u2019 Association in light of the Edmonton Oilers\u2019 interest in hiring Babcock. The league in a statement said even in the least favorable light, there was no basis to restrict Babcock\u2019s employment.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear if or when the Oilers would name Babcock coach. They have been looking for a replacement since firing Kris Knoblauch following a first-round playoff exit that came after back-to-back trips to the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p>Babcock, 63, has not coached in the NHL since 2019, when he was fired by Toronto 23 games into his fifth season in charge. The Blue Jackets hired him on July 1, 2023, and Babcock resigned in September after his requests for personal photos from players in an attempt to get to know them drew criticism as an invasion of privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3398\">Display in Durham memorializes children who died in hot cars; groups remind NC drivers to check backseat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A statement from the NHLPA called the allegations very concerning and said, \u201cMoving forward, we expect that Mr. Babcock will uphold the high standards required of NHL head coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NHL dropped its planned investigation at the time because Babcock stepped down. It got underway this week after the final ended<\/p>\n<p>Babcock coached Detroit to the Stanley Cup in 2008 and has made two other trips to the final, along with guiding Canada to Olympic gold medals in 2010 and \u201914.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3396\">Ivory Coast\u2019s Elye Wahi denied entry to Canada at World Cup amid betting probe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NHL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The NHL said Thursday it completed a review of Mike Babcock\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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