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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
An Ed Olczyk interview was just played on the fan, he has some very strong words about Hartley for not "standing up for his team like Torts did." he was commenting on how Hartley was hiding behind his team instead of leading them when Torts was confronting them outside the dressing room.
Really, nobody was getting to Torts with Grats standing there playing bouncer.
Olczyk was challenging the character of Hartley for ignoring Torts while on the bench and for not leading the charge at Torts in the hallway. As we all already know, what Hartley did was extremely irritating for Torts and is the main reason it escalated at intermission. I don't agree at all with what Olczyk said at all. How did Hartley not stand up for this players? He set a great example by not reacting and freaking out like Torts did. We all know that Clint was right there doing it for him.
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I mentioned this in the 'Clint frickin Malarchuk' thread:
John Tortorella didnt stand up for his team, he did their fighting for them and of course they liked that! But whats the point of that?
Hartley created a situation to bring his team together and forced them to stand up for themselves and each other.
Which would you rather have?
Ultimately, Torts is sitting on his ass because Hartley played him like an Ozark hillbilly plays a banjo.