from Tom Jones of the Tampa Bay Times,

"Yeah, I want to coach again,'' Tortorella said. "I hope I get that chance, and if I don't, well, then, that's just the way it is and I'll move on. But I do want to coach again.''

Tortorella splits his time these days between a place on Pass-A-Grille and a home in Stamford, Conn., outside New York City. In the summer he sneaks up to the backwoods of Wisconsin for some fishing and what he joked is a little of the "Swiss Family Robinson life.''

He kidded that not coaching has been hard on his marriage.

"Not for me,'' Tortorella said, "but for my wife. I think she's tired of having me around.''

His kids are grown. Son Nick serves in the Army. Daughter Brittany is a school teacher and a youth soccer coach.

But don't think Tortorella is just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring. The man who always coached by gut and instinct is embracing analytics. Along with longtime assistant Mike Sullivan, Tortorella has taken on what seems like an overwhelming project. He is breaking down every goal in the NHL last season to discover patterns or commonalties.

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