John Tortorella fired by Flyers

[tom webster]

27 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

the list of really good players that make great GM's is pretty short.

Yzerman, Sakic, Doug Wilson, Serge Savard and Bobby Clarke are about it.

Mike Grier and Pat Verbeek seem to be killing it out west.

[Thorner]

31 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

the list of really good players that make great GM's is pretty short.

Yzerman, Sakic, Doug Wilson, Serge Savard and Bobby Clarke are about it.

Adams thinks Yzerman is a great GM. Right on track in Detroit, he says 

Edited Thursday at 09:35 PM by Thorner

[matter2003]

21 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Steve Yzerman? Detroit has been ***** for 8yrs under him. 

Won multiple cups in TB

[PerreaultForever]

I think Torts and Briere/Jones just hit a timing/philosophy difference. Torts doesn't like tanking and Philly realized they have to tank to get Michkov a center. This is why Torts finally said he had "no interest in coaching that type of team". Now Philly can tank for this year and maybe next (McKenna). They also have their eyes on Tocchet should he be available. Some teams make moves when they are unhappy with events.

Buffalo? Stay the course. 

If I owned Buffalo I'd actually hire Torts as coach. Bump Ruff up to a senior advisory role. Let Torts fire any and all of the assistants. I'd fire Adams too but since he's a lap dog yes man and will do whatever the boss says sure let him shuffle paperwork while other people do the work. 10-1 Quinn would be the first guy in the doghouse. 

[steveoath]

Didn’t realise torts is older than Lindy. Apparently his firing now makes Ruff the oldest HC in the league. 

Edited Friday at 09:09 AM by steveoath

[FrenchConnection44]

Imo, the key is getting a new GM in who can truly lead the organization and then decide on coaching. Torts would be intriguing given his successes.  

[LGR4GM]

14 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Won multiple cups in TB

And? This is a what have you done for me lately league. If he was as good as ppl say, Detroit wouldn't be about to miss the playoffs again.

[Archie Lee]

15 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Won multiple cups in TB

Yzerman has never won a Cup as a GM. He was gone from Tampa by the time they won their back to back cups. Certainly he played a role in building those teams, but he was gone by then. He made it to one cup final, a decade ago in 2015. 

[Brawndo]

 

[Ducky]

Nill is doing well?

[DarthEbriate]

13 goals scored in their last two games and Nashville next. The post-Torts bump is on. It won't last, but it's fun for their skaters for now.