As good of a coach as he is, John Tortorella has a shelf life.
He has the ability to get the most out of his players but there will be some hard lessons along the way. Tortorella doesn’t care who you are or at what point of the season it is, he isn’t afraid to send a strong message by benching or scratching a player. No one is off limits.
That made him a curious fit for this iteration of the Philadelphia Flyers, a team trying to navigate its way through a rebuild and become a contender once again. Tortorella wasn’t shy about benching some of the Flyers’ young and talented players, even at a time when Philadelphia is no longer in playoff contention. Those lessons would have perhaps been better served on the ice, with…