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More Tortorella stories
by George Malik on 05/16/14 at 12:22 AM ET
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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
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Posted by pautna on 05/16/14 at 12:16 PM ET