Kadri's book is titled «Dreamer: My Life on the Edge», and contains many insightful passages into some dramatic NHL locker room moments, including one famously tense exchange between Mitch Marner and Mike Babcock.
The story as a whole had been public knowledge for years. Mike Babcock asked a rookie Mitch Marner to rank Leafs players based on their work ethic, and then shared the list with everyone to embarrass Marner. A fan on social media shared the following from Kadri's book:
Even when Mike Babcock was still in the NHL, there were rumours and stories from players of incidents like this where it seemed like the coach was waging psychological battles on his own players. Many former players like Mike Commodore, Johan Franzen, and Mike Modano all had horror stories about dealing with him.
After the incident in Columbus where Babcock asked players to go through their phone pictures, enough players had spoken up about him that the Blue Jackets fired him before he coached a single game. Now, Babcock would need a miracle to get back into the NHL. It'll simply never happen again.
As for Kadri, he's don't pretty well for himself after being treated like a liability for his entire time in Toronto. Kadri won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche after being traded there, and has since signed a contract for the rest of his career with the Calgary Flames. Now 35 years old with 912 games played, Kadri's had an incredible career.
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