Saturday, April 15, 2017

A kinder, gentler Torts? Maybe a little bit for Blue Jackets (Yahoo Sports)

File- This April 12, 2017, file photo shows Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella questioning an official during the first period in Game 1 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series in Pittsburgh. Tortorella sent Columbus Blue Jackets players a terse personal letter letting them know that uncomfortable times were ahead. But if they worked hard, he wrote, it would all be worth it. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Last summer, John Tortorella sent Columbus Blue Jackets players a terse personal letter letting them know that uncomfortable times were ahead. The Tortorella training camp was notoriously demanding and set the tone for a season in which the Blue Jackets would put together a 16-game winning streak on the way to making the playoffs for just the third time in franchise history. The camp was part of the no-nonsense Tortorella's rebooting of a culture he said he found when he was hired in Columbus after the team started 0-7 last season.


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