“It pisses me off” – Flyers HC John Tortorella doesn’t mince words about key aspects of the team’s lackluster play

Philadelphia Flyers coach John Tortorella is not happy with all aspects of his team’s game. In 19-20-6, they have some things that still need to be cleaned up. One such aspect involves the power play, and the head coach didn’t mince words about the struggles.

Tortorella was asked before Thursday’s game about how his team has had trouble getting in and out of power plays this year. He answered (2:50) describing in detail the situation in which it happened.

“That’s a huge part,” the coach said. “I just showed you a clip. We get points, when we don’t score on the power play, or two-on-one, we get points, and I put Couturiere, Laughton and Travus Konecny, well, it was kind of an extended shift, and on the ice we get scored by TK , Laughts and Coots.

“And that’s what angers me the most in the last game, that change after our power play, when we didn’t score, we didn’t do the job, we started thinking a little too much about the attack, and we give them two on one, and it ends up in our net. “

Tortorella said those are “huge changes” during the game, especially when they happen with less than five minutes left in the contest. The Flyers ended up losing their last contest 3-2 in a shootout with Columbus Blue Jackets.

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John Tortorella came to the player’s defense in a fiery rant

John Tortorella does not hide his emotions from anyone, especially not from the media. They will know exactly how he feels about a certain subject. In the case of Rasmus Ristolainen, Tortorella said earlier this week (via Newsweek):

“Your [media] boys hate him. Write all this s**t. I shouldn’t say I hate. Not the right word to use in today’s world. I feel like he’s been under the microscope since I got here.”

He said that Ristolainen has turned into a “pretty good” Flyer, and that he’s not happy with how the media has treated him in the past.