Extra information continues to come back out relating to John Tortorella’s previous few weeks as the pinnacle coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. In an article from Kevin Kurz of The Athletic, the Philadelphia-based reporter succinctly described Tortorella’s rising feud between Flyers administration and defenseman Cam York.
For context, York was benched for a lot of Tortorella’s final recreation as Philadelphia’s head coach and for everything of the Flyers’ recreation Thursday towards the Montreal Canadiens, which interim head coach Brad Shaw described as a “disciplinary concern.” As talked about in Kurz’s article, and later confirmed by Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff, there was a “heated verbal change” between Tortorella and York that led to the previous’s ouster as head coach and the latter’s lack of ice time Thursday night time.
Kurz famous the rising stress between York and Tortorella courting again to the commerce deadline, when after being a wholesome scratch, York stated, “I imply, I’m not taking part in to show him something. I’m taking part in for the fellows on this locker room and the emblem on my chest. I’m not taking part in for him, essentially, if that is smart.”
Questioned in regards to the incident after Thursday night time’s contest, Kurz quoted York with a generically pacified response.
“I’m not going to get into the small print of it. I’ll say this, I take full duty for my actions. It’s been addressed right here within the locker room. It’s one thing that I’m going to place behind me and transfer on from. We’ve bought eight video games left right here and that’s my focus proper now. We’ll depart it at that.”
Frustration had been mounting round Tortorella in any respect ranges of the Flyers group, resulting in his ouster shortly earlier than the common season’s conclusion.
Different notes from the Japanese Convention:
- In response to a team announcement, Andrei Svechnikov will return to the Carolina Hurricanes’ lineup tonight towards the Montreal Canadiens. The previous second total choose of the 2018 NHL Draft had missed Carolina’s earlier seven video games with an upper-body damage. Regardless of being the fourth-highest scorer on the crew, the Hurricanes have fared effectively with out Svechnikov, managing a 5-2-0 report in his absence.
- Transferring to the Atlantic Division, the Boston Bruins welcomed back defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who had missed the crew’s final recreation because of a private depart. Hopefully, for the Bruins’ sake, Zadorov’s return to the lineup towards the Detroit Crimson Wings Saturday night time will give Boston a much-needed jolt. The crew has carried out dreadfully for the reason that commerce deadline in early March, managing a 2-7-1 report in its final 10 video games whereas being outscored by a 19-goal margin.
