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The days since the Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Mike Babcock have been and abuse against him and now-former Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters. On Tuesday, a Hockey Hall of Famer levied new accusations against Babcock that stem from their time together with the Detroit Red Wings. Chris Chelios who played 26 seasons in the NHL on Monday that Mike Babcock verbally a Sam Howell Jersey saulted former Red Wings forward Johan Franzen to the point that Franzen had a nervous breakdown. Yeah, that would be an easy one. It would be Johan Franzen," Chelios when podcast co-host Bi sonette asked him if Babcock's coaching style ever put players in a poor mental state. "What [Babcock] did to him at the end, he was hurt at the time, it was the playoffs I think we lost to [the Nashville Predators], we got upset with Nashville. Some of the things [Babcock said to Franzen] on the bench, I dont know what Khaleke Hudson Jersey he said to him behind closed doors one-on-one, but he blatantly verbally a saulted him during the game on the bench. Franzen, 39, remains under contract with Detroitthrough 2019-20 but has not played in the NHL since October 2015 due to lingering problems from post-concu sion syndrome. He revealed in a December 2018 interview that he , anxiety and panic attacks and said he was after stepping away from hockey. It got to the point where poor Johan, no one really knowing he was suffering with the concu sion thing and the depre sion thing, he just broke down and had a nervous breakdown," Chelios added. "Not only on the bench but after the game in one of Jonathan Williams Jersey the rooms in Nashville. That was probably the worst thing Ive ever seen. Below is an excerpt of Chelios' interview with Spittin Chiclets released on Dec. 2. Babcock verbally a saulted Johan Franzen on the bench, causing Franzen a nervous break down Peter Andrianopoulos (@peterandri) Chelios and Franzen played together on the Red Wings from 2005-09, but he as a front office executive and a sistant coach for the remainder of Franzen's NHL career. The Red Wings moved from the Western Conference to the East in , suggesting this particular incident between Babcock and Franzen happened during one of two Nashville-Detroit playoffseries in either 2008 or 2012. According to Chelios, no veterans on the team which included Red Tress Way Jersey Wings legends Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg confronted Babcock about this behavior and that when general manager Ken Holland was alerted of the incident, he stood behind his head coach. "Guys talked, obviously, amongst each other," Chelios said on the podcast. "But when something did happen and there was some second-gue sing and it got to Kenny Holland, Kenny Holland came down to the room and had this speech and supported Mike Babcock. Chris Cooley Jersey It was a great speech, but [it was to tell everybody] in the room that if you dont like it, you could be traded. Come up and see me, you can be traded. So that was kind of the way that ended. The podcasters Barstool Sports blogger Rear Admiral and former NHLers Ryan Whitney and Paul Bi sonnette said that Chelios reached out to them in the wake of Babcock's firing.