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Coach Babcock has evolved with Wings

By Pierre LeBrun
ESPN.com

Monday, June 8, 2009

DETROIT -- As the Detroit Red Wings sit one win from their fifth Stanley Cup in 11 seasons, a look behind the bench reveals one of the common denominators in that dynastylike stretch. Scotty Bowman, the NHL's all-time winningest coach, won the first three championships with Detroit. Mike Babcock is one win from his second, padding a résumé that doesn't need any padding. "I think he's the best coach in the league," Wings GM Ken Holland said Monday on the eve of Game 6. "He's been a coach for 20 ...

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