Friday, March 27, 2009

Tortorella's Style Suits Rangers

Scott Burnside at ESPN.com takes a look at John Tortorella's impact on the Rangers...

"No one is suggesting this New York Rangers team can replicate what Tortorella's 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning squad did, which was win a Stanley Cup. But if there is one major difference, it's that Tortorella had to bend that team to his will. This Rangers team seemed to have been dying for just this kind of hand on the tiller."

...after last night's effort the Rangers players are going to feel the full impact of Tortorella's in your face style today at practice.

Here's the transcript from Tortorella's brief post game press conference last night as provided by Burnside...

"Yeah, I thought we sucked, right on through the game. I think we're fortunate enough to get a point. We're very fortunate to get that," Tortorella told reporters just outside the visitors' locker room. "I don't give a [expletive] what the guys talked about. I really don't care what the guys talked about, we sucked."

...good luck today fellas.

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