This time of year tends to lend itself to all sorts of "reports" regarding fired and soon-to-be-fired coaches, and, as Sportsnet's Jeff Lowe noted, the Globe and Mail's Gary Mason leveled some pretty stiff assertions (via Twitter) regarding John Tortorella's misspent tenure with the Vancouver Canucks:

Some fascinating tidbits coming out about the brief Tortorella era in Vanc; including fact he wanted team to buy out Alex Burrows' contract.

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Also hearing Torts didn't have a single convo with farm team head coach Travis Green all season; hard to imagine. #canucks

That would be Travis Green of the AHL's Utica Comets.

Also hearing players didn't feel Torts liked practicing enuf; he also accused David Booth of being late for team meeting he was early for

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No coach perfect. And any time one departs under circumstances like Tort's then natural to expect some complaints/stories to later surface