The Philadelphia flyers reached the final straw with head coach John Tortorella. NHL's long -standing coach was dismissed Thursday after saying he was “Not really interested in learning to coach in this type of season. “”
In addition, a report of Kevin Kurz of athletics On Friday, said that an altercation between Tortorella and the defender of Flyers Cam York, where both would have “crossed a line,” contributed to the coach's dismissal.
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The team confirmed the news Thursday, but made no mention of the comments of Tortorella or the fight in the press release.
Frank Seravalli of the daily later reported Friday that York and Tortorella had not had physical fight, but “a heated verbal exchange”. York was a bench for Thursday match against Montreal Canadians following the altercation; Per Seratvalli, Philadelphia could not Rayer York due to the NHL rules to play with a full list. For Tortorella, it was apparently the final straw.
Tortorella went 97-107-33 in three seasons with the flyers. Associate coach Brad Shaw will take over while the team's temporary coach of the team goes ahead.
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Tortorella shots occur after the flyers fell 7-2 at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. It was the sixth consecutive defeat of Philadelphia.
After the competition, Tortorella sparked criticism by involving that he had no interest in training the team.
“When you are in this type of situation and you lose all the time, and there is nothing at the end of the tunnel for you, there will certainly be a certain frustration. But, that falls on me. I am not really interested in learning to train in this type of season, where we are at the moment.
Some interpreted these comments as of Tortorella trying to remove the blame from his players. Others considered it tortorella raising the white flag.
At 28-36-9, the flyers ranked ninth from the Eastern Conference. The team has not yet been officially eliminated from the playoffs, although this will probably happen soon.
John Tortorella had a hard time turning the flyers
Tortorella was hired by the flyers before the NHL 2022-23 season. The team came out of an eighth place in the metropolitan division. The flyers showed a slight improvement of the first year of Tortorella, going to 31 victories.
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Things seemed more promising during its second season, when the team turned in a file of 38-33-11. Although he finished the year on .500, the Flyers failed to go to the playoffs.
The team failed to capitalize on this improvement this year and sat at 0,500 on the deadline for trade. Instead of adding, the flyers have sent three players. The team entered a tailpin after the deadline, going only 1-10 in its next 11 games.
Before training the flyers, Tortorella trained the Columbus Blue Jackets, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning. He led the Lightning to a Stanley Cup championship during the NHL 2003-04 season.
