Former Leafs goaltender calls out Mike Babcock and his out of control ego

Giguere joined Sportsnet's THE FAN 590's Morning Show and was asked about his time with Babcock as a coach and how he perceived him, following Babcock's hire in Columbus this week.

"I had Mike in his early days and I loved playing for him. He was very intense and demanding but at the same time was very well prepared. He was very confident in the way he wanted his team to play. I enjoyed the way he was off the ice too, he knew your wife and kids. I think over the years he became too big, thought of himself too highly. Everyone makes mistakes in life and I hope that he's learned."

While Giguere offered some praise for Babcock in his early days, he, along with many others, believes that Babcock let his ego get way too big and it caused the reported rifts between himself and a number of former players. As Giguere said, he hopes that Babcock has learned from his mistakes, but I'm sure it won't take long for us to find out given that Columbus has one of the league's biggest prima donna's in Patrik Laine, who had a very public rift with another hard-nosed coach in John Tortorella.