Tag: John Tortorella

Rumors I: Coaches, Wild, Flames, Bruins, Blues and Lightning

Garrioch roundup ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Thought is that unless things turn around quickly in Columbus, Todd Richards could be relieved of his duties. John Tortorella could be the top candidate to replace Richards if they make…

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Rumors: Isles, Leafs, Hawks, Rangers, Flyers, Bruins and Flames

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Islanders GM Garth Snow may not be done trading as they still have an excess of forwards. Friedman wonders if they would trade Josh Ho-Sang. His trade value is low and they have the time to…

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Rumors II: Coaching Changes Could Be On The Way For Many Teams

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Todd McLellan may pay the price in San Jose as it's looking like they will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2002-03. The Maple Leafs would be among the many teams interested if he…

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Rumors III: Bruins, Oilers, Jets and Top Available Coaches

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: If the Oilers trade Taylor Hall, many will be saying that it's the same mistake the Bruins made with trading Tyler Seguin. The Oilers need both top-six and bottom-six centers, top pairing defensemen, defensive forwards and…

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Morning Hits: Highest Paid Coaches, Ashton, Jersey Sponsors and More

TSN: (TV graphic) Highest paid coaches: Joel Quenneville $2.75 million, Claude Julien, $2.5 million, Darryl Sutter $2.25 million ... Randy Carlyle, Michel Therrien, Mike Babcock, Alain Vigneault, Lindy Ruff, Peter Laviolette and John Tortorella all at $2 million. Pat Leonard:…

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NHL Rumors I: Vancouver Canucks – GM Search, Tortorella Wanted a Burrows Buyout and Ignored Green

Vancouver Canucks: Trevor Linden: “The GM search process has been full-on for the last 10 days.” Vancouver Canucks: Linden added that they are looking for a GM who is a "talent evaluator." Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: "I think most of us to…

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Canucks To Fire Head Coach John Tortorella

According to Farhan Lalji of TSN, the Vancouver Canucks will fire head coach John Tortorella on Thursday. The move will come about three weeks after Trevor Linden was hired as team president and Mike Gillis was fired as team GM.

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NHL Rumors: Grabovski, Kulemin, Oilers, Islanders Sale, Lightning, Canucks and Leafs

Michael Traikos of the National Post: The agent of Capitals Mikhail Grabovski and Maple Leafs Nikolai Kulemin said that his clients could be a free agent package, though he added that each are interested in remaining with their current team.…

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NHL Rumors: Coyotes, Jets, Capitals, Canucks, Lightning and Penguins

Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: The free agent pool is year is not deep and the price tags may be too high for the Coyotes. The Coyotes have some young players like Connor Murray, Brandon Gormley and Max Domi that…

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Morning Rumors III: Ovechkin, Halak, Flames Free Agents, Maple Leafs and Torts

Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Alex Ovechkin on "which coach provided the best way to play" "I was not comfortable playing with Hunter’s system and I’m comfortable with system and I was comfortable with Bruce system as well. Be honest…

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NHL Rumors I: Canucks Offseason Priorities and Trevor Linden Press Conference

Craig Custance of ESPN: Canucks offseason priorities: 1. Build a qualified front office 2. Let the new management team make a call on John Tortorella 3. Get younger up front. The Canucks re-stock by trading Ryan Kesler, Alexander Edler, Kevin…

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NHL Rumors II: Vancouver Canucks Edition

Farhan Lalji: Told that Trevor Linden will be officially named the Canucks President today. Farhan Lalji: Told that there was a buyout provision in Mike Gillis' contract that states that the Canucks would only have to pay half of the…

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