from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

Understanding Mike Babcock, Kyle Dubas and the relationship between the two is somewhat complicated. Babcock has his way of doing business. It’s not always easy, it’s not always comfortable. But there’s a book of sorts on him.

There’s not yet a working book on Dubas as an NHL general manager. Of course, that will take time.

“Scotty Bowman was different than Mike Babcock and Al (Arbour) was different than Scotty,” said Jimmy Devellano, who worked with Babcock and Bowman in Detroit and Arbour on Long Island. “I worked with all three. They’re all different, very effective, very affected, very driven.”

Said another NHL executive: “Mike can be like a race car driver, he only knows one speed and he keeps his foot on the gas all the time. He’s like that so he expects everyone else to be like that. I don’t think he cares whether the players like him or not. He cares about results. Scotty was a lot like that. He didn’t care what you thought of him.”

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