bluck
09-22-2015, 09:48 AM
Looks like Torts is back in the headlines. Team USA has so many options, surprised they chose to go this route.
"There’s no greater honor than to represent your country, and I’m humbled to have this opportunity," Tortorella said. "We’ll have one objective and that will be to bring the World Cup championship back to the United States."
"Obviously, he's a very successful head coach and assistant coach, won at whatever he's done," Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk said of Tortorella. "Guys know that and they respect that. In tournaments like this, guys don't really care [about a coach's past], everyone has a clean slate going into it.
"I'm sure [Ryan] McDonagh, [Derek] Stepan or [Ryan] Callahan if they're there, they will obviously know better than anyone else, but I don't think they would have any hard feelings or would care about the past. It's a short tournament and everyone is trying to win games. I'm sure that's all that is on his mind too. Guys will be more than happy to play for him."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=779903
"There’s no greater honor than to represent your country, and I’m humbled to have this opportunity," Tortorella said. "We’ll have one objective and that will be to bring the World Cup championship back to the United States."
"Obviously, he's a very successful head coach and assistant coach, won at whatever he's done," Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk said of Tortorella. "Guys know that and they respect that. In tournaments like this, guys don't really care [about a coach's past], everyone has a clean slate going into it.
"I'm sure [Ryan] McDonagh, [Derek] Stepan or [Ryan] Callahan if they're there, they will obviously know better than anyone else, but I don't think they would have any hard feelings or would care about the past. It's a short tournament and everyone is trying to win games. I'm sure that's all that is on his mind too. Guys will be more than happy to play for him."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=779903