Extra information continues to come back out concerning John Tortorella’s previous couple of 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 the whole lot of the Flyers’ recreation Thursday in opposition to the Montreal Canadiens, which interim head coach Brad Shaw described as a “disciplinary challenge.” As talked about in Kurz’s article, and later confirmed by Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff, there was a “heated verbal trade” between Tortorella and York that led to the previous’s ouster as head coach and the latter’s lack of ice time Thursday evening.
Kurz famous the rising rigidity between York and Tortorella courting again to the commerce deadline, when after being a wholesome scratch, York mentioned, “I imply, I’m not taking part in to show him something. I’m taking part in for the blokes on this locker room and the emblem on my chest. I’m not taking part in for him, essentially, if that is sensible.”
Questioned in regards to the incident after Thursday evening’s contest, Kurz quoted York with a generically pacified response.
“I’m not going to get into the main points of it. I’ll say this, I take full accountability 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 in opposition to the Montreal Canadiens. The previous second total decide of the 2018 NHL Draft had missed Carolina’s earlier seven video games with an upper-body harm. Regardless of being the fourth-highest scorer on the crew, the Hurricanes have fared properly with out Svechnikov, managing a 5-2-0 file in his absence.
- Shifting to the Atlantic Division, the Boston Bruins welcomed back defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who had missed the crew’s final recreation as a consequence of a private depart. Hopefully, for the Bruins’ sake, Zadorov’s return to the lineup in opposition to the Detroit Crimson Wings Saturday evening will give Boston a much-needed jolt. The crew has carried out dreadfully because the commerce deadline in early March, managing a 2-7-1 file in its final 10 video games whereas being outscored by a 19-goal margin.
