Say what you will about Babcock, but you still have to be a good coach even to get a team of Hall-of-Famers like the Wings to win.
Unfortunately for him, I don't think he ever learned to adapt from not having Nick Lidstrom. His coaching decisions have gone from studied to bizarre.
As for Keefe, highly thought of sure, but someone on the radio (don't remember who, maybe Burke?) pointed out the Marlies have a lot of AHL vets because they pay them one-way deals.
Just looking at their roster and they've got Aberg, Darren Archibald, Agostino, Matt Read, Nick Baptiste, Ben Harpur, Kevin Gravel, Garrett Wilson - that's a lot of tweeners.
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