Tortorella definitely more at fault here, but I don't buy this whole "Hartley can start who he wants" excuse. He was intentionally trying to stir the pot.
With recent woes at home and Burke publicly criticizing the teams size and toughness, there's a coaches message there.
I don't blame torts for lining up his troops in that situation. Hartley would do the same. But the showmanship by torts during and post the incident is ridiculous and punishable. Wouldn't be surprised if Hartley got slapped with a lesser fine.
And this rookie thing with lain is also ridiculous. 6'6 and he fights. 1st game or not, this is the nhl, there's a reason why he's there.
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