Flyers head coach John Tortorella has never been afraid to bench players to send a message but his latest decision to make a healthy scratch out of his captain Sean Couturier raised some eyebrows. Does Tortorella risk fracturing the relationship with the leader of his team? TSN Hockey analyst Bruce Boudreau shares his insight as a former NHL head coach.
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Love the level-headed take from Bruce.
Gotta have BALLS to be the captain of Tortorella's ship
It's not very important in the overall scheme of things.
“If he does it again I think you lose em” uhhh…he’s scratched again tn 😂
It's not a one time thing … he's out again tonight against Carolina
Tortorella is a fraud. He hasn't done anything in 20 years! But he's obnoxious with the media, attacks the Calgary locker room (on camera!), craps on players and gets ejection notice. He has more name recognition than Jon Cooper and has done so much less. This is how he gets jobs. PUBLICITY! NOT record.🤡
He already has.Just think if the owners benched him what would his reaction be.Wouldnt the hockey world love to see that car accident.
It’s very obvious that torts didn’t even want Couturier to be the captain. At this point in couturier’s career, he probably shouldn’t have been named captain. He’s a buyout waiting to happen.
Lol if it weren't for goal posts the score would have been 12-4 leafs he got lucky the leafs phoned it in until the third. Ive never seen so many posts in my life. Scratch your goalie john because your an idiot and your ego is bigger then the grand canyon. Your going to have the AHL line up you iced not respecting your own captain. They will all be like what do you know you were scratched and your supposed to be our captain. No wonder that kid bailed on your team briere. Who the fuck would want to play for a coach who is out to embarrass the shit out of you and bemch or scratch you for a bad game .. and why take the whole line down ? This oldschool shit is not cool anymore. I hope they lose with a Michigan tonight
Carolina will dance all over them, goal posts wont save them again
GET RID OF THE MUSIC!
He is benching him in tonight’s game too! This is getting out of hand. To say Coots should not be in the lineup over players like Atkinson or Lycksell is insane!
Worry about the leafs and Habs TSN
Torts is a clown. cares about his ego more than coaching the team.
Torts is an ass hat blowhart….people are on him like he’s god! He hasn’t won a damn thing in 20 years and the flyers are a .500 team last 2 seasons…get off his junk!
Cooter hasn’t been a difference maker the last 25 games. Dude hasn’t played a full season in two years, rest him up for the playoff run baby!!
Torts…”my door is always open, I like the conversation between me and players. I appreciate the dialogue” proceeds to bench Deangelo for 5 games and never spoke to him and is doing the same to coots….fugg him and the ship he rode in on! He is a friggen ass hat! Ohhh and a coward to boot he made a call then cowardly decided to skip the presser and let’ his assistant take the barbs.
Tore ta rollo
Guess what he did it again!!!!
If Couturier can't handle this, do you really want him as captain of the Flyers?
And if he doesn't get the message, get him out of Philly.
He's not an untouchable player but he's clearly capable of so much more.
TORTS IS THE GOAT
Torts is an idiot here.