The NHL Thread

Eastern: Charlie Attaboy (Bruins), Owen Bowower (Sabres), Seth Arfis (Hurricanes), Patrick Kanine (Red Wings), Brad Marchound (Panthers), Cole Pawfield (Canadiens), Linus Ullbark (Senators), and Jack Chews (Devils).

Western: Cutter Go-fetch-ier (Ducks), Devin Collie (Flames), Jason Slobertson (Stars), Artemi Pawnarin (Kings), Quinn Chews (Wild), Jonathan Muttchessault (Predators), Macklin Celeweenie (Sharks), and Cale Macollar (Avalanche).

Jesse Puljujärvi has reportedly lost his World Championship gold medal in the Helsinki area

**** Mike Babcock. That is all.

If they hire Babcock, I'm out.

Bob??? WTF???!??

[this is about some media guy defending the move]

convinced bowman is trying to destroy the oilers

MOTHER****ING **** ON A STICK

The Edmonton Oilers have turned themselves into a ‘second chance’ organization.

Mike Commodore Talks About His Hatred of Mike Babcock

TIL Mike Babcock healthy scratched Mike Modano and prevented him from hitting 1500 games played by 1 game before Modano retired

(Same with scratching spezza in the season opener he invited a ton of friends/family to)

Now 46, Franzén lives a quiet and largely isolated life in the Swedish countryside. He says he is highly sensitive by nature and prefers to keep a small circle of friends who understand that he may only reach out once a year.

Despite his successful NHL career—which included over 700 games, a Stanley Cup championship, and a World Championship gold medal—Franzén says some of his darkest memories came from his time in the NHL.

For the first time, he revealed that he suffered from PTSD for seven years, largely due to the treatment he received from a coach.

“He woke up one day and decided to hate me. To this day, I don’t understand why.”

Franzén described being publicly humiliated in front of teammates, benched immediately after being sent onto the ice, and singled out during practices.

“The worst was when he stopped practice just to stand there and yell at me for several minutes in front of everyone. I was completely broken. I was shaking and didn’t know where to go.”

He says those experiences stayed with him for years:

“He lived rent-free in my head for far too long.”

Franzen also confirmed a story Chris Chelios revealed during Monday’s episode of the podcast, "Spittin’ Chiclets." The incident happened during Game 5 of the Wings’ 2012 playoff series against Nashville.

“Some of the things he (Babcock) said to him (Franzen) on the bench, I don’t know what he said to him behind closed doors one-on-one, but he blatantly verbally assaulted him during the game on the bench,” Chelios said. “It got to the point where poor Johan, no one really knowing he was suffering with the concussion thing and the depression thing, he just broke down and had nervous breakdown, not only on the bench but after the game in one of the rooms in Nashville. “It was probably one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.”

The incident still haunts Franzen, who was forced to retire in 2015 after repeated head injuries caused him to suffer from post-concussion syndrome. He and his family returned to their native Sweden this past summer.

“I get the shivers when I think about it,” Franzen told Expressen. “That incident occurred against Nashville in the playoffs. It was coarse, nasty and shocking. But that was just one out of a hundred things he did. The tip of the iceberg.

“He would lay into a couple of the other players. The nice team players, the guys who don’t say very much. When they left the team he went on to focus on me. It was verbal attacks, he said horrible things.”

“From 2011 on, I was terrified of being at the rink,” Franzen said. “That’s when he got on me the first time. I just focused on getting out of bed every morning from that moment. Last year I could sleep naturally for the first time since then. “It was just his attacks, playing in my head. Each and every day.”