I feel like I really want to throw in that despite his anger, I think Tortarella is a great coach and a good person (with a temper).
I always think of the short segment from 24/7 when he was interacting with a 10 year old fan and I think if you haven't seen it before, you should definitely take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb2aXLNnpNo
On the other hand, he's part of the Vancouver organization now and that means he's unbiasedly a horrible person... so torn...