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Babcock's style fits Canada's challenge

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

CALGARY, Alberta -- There are no easy jobs with this 2010 Canadian Olympic team. That is a given. And, to be sure, executive director Steve Yzerman and the management team will have to answer for the 23 names they put to paper in late December if things go off the rails in Vancouver. Yet the buck ultimately stops with coach Mike Babcock. He's the one who will have to get the most out of those players, whoever they turn out to be. If Canada wins gold, his reputation as one of the top hockey ...

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