Blue Jackets' controversial head coach Mike Babcock denies claims of severe invasion of players' privacy

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A former NHL player, now one of the game's most popular analysts, recently made claims that a head coach in the league severely invaded the privacy of his own players.

Mike Babcock, who was hired as the Columbus Blue Jackets' head coach in July after not having coached since 2019, is alleged to have asked players for their phones in order to go through their personal photos to get to know them better.

Paul Bissonnette, a current NHL analyst on TNT and host of the "Spittin' Chiclets" podcast on Barstool Sports, said he heard the rumors from a player in the league.

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Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Mike Babcock addresses the media during a press conference at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on July 1, 2023. (Jason Mowry/Getty Images)

Bissonnette said the player has "20 stories exactly like" this one from Babcock's previous coaching tenures.

"He called in players from his team, and he’ll say, ‘Let me see your phone, open up your photos, and I want to see who you are as a person…' So, the players in the past have obviously handed over their phone, they plug it in, and they bring it up on a flatscreen, and he goes through the camera roll on your phone to see what type of person you are — whether you’re sending memes to the boys, whether you’re sending d-ck pics…" Bissonnette said on the podcast.

"He gets to Columbus and one of the first things he does is he calls in Boone Jenner, the captain of the f---ing team, and says, ‘Let me see the photos in your phone, I want to know the type of person you are.’ What the f--- is going on?"

Bissonnette said Babcock would also share the photos on