Several players have come out and talked about their "horror experiences" by various coaches in the NHL. Yesterday Johan Franzén told Expressen about his experiences of Mike Babcock, who was fired from Toronto just under two weeks ago.

"He's a terrible man, the worst person I've ever met," Franzén told the newspaper.

Börje Salming played in Toronto from 1973-1989 and then a season in Detroit. He has followed the reporting of Babcock and several other coaches who are now being questioned. And there is no doubt that there were hard noises even during his career.

- It was a coach who was completely crazy, he was totally stupid in the head, it was in the 1980s so I was a little older - but it was a shame if the young guys came in, it was too fucking terrifying, they were terrified and could barely play ice hockey. He screamed horrible things and threw stuff all over the dressing room, Salming tells Aftonbladet.

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Salming says he tried to support his younger teammates.

- The young players could feel really bad - it could be a mistake on training and then the whole team was punished with ten turns skating back and forth, it caused many of the teammates to look obliquely at the player who made a mistake too.

He also thinks that he himself had become accustomed to the coaches' behavior.

- I was okay with it then, but now when I look back I don't agree with it. I hope they feel bad for what they have done, they can live with it, says Salming.

Last Friday, Bill Peters was fired from Calgary after information about racist comments and abuses and today the news came that Chicago's assistant coach Marc Crawford was suspended after allegations of harassment and abuse.