On
May 1st, 2014, the Vancouver Canucks team president, Trevor Linden,
fired the Vancouver Canuck’s head coach John Tortorella alongside with
assistant coach, Mike Sullivan. Tortorella was hired as Canucks head coach
following the firing of Alain Vigneault on May 23rd, 2013.
Tortorella’s first forty games in Vancouver were promising, as the Canucks were
23 – 11 – 6, which looked like a promising spot in the 2013- 2014 Stanley Cup
Playoffs. Sadly Tortorella wasn’t the right man for Vancouver as, “he took a
100-point team and was in the driver’s seat when it became an 83-point team.”
Linden had no choice but to fire the head coach as the Canucks failed to
qualify for the playoffs this season.
I
was skeptical about the firing of Vigneault back in 2013. The hiring of John
Tortorella gave me hope when I heard that he was going to be the new head coach
of the Vancouver Canucks, as I knew that he had eight Stanley Cup appearances
alongside with one Stanley Cup Playoff Championship in 2004 with the Tampa Bay
Lighting under his coaching record. I thought that the Canucks would go far
with Tortorella as head coach but this year’s season would prove to differ. The
firing of Tortorella was a good call by Linden as Tortorella’s first and last
season was upsetting for all Canucks fans and me. I remember watching the
Canucks lose to the Anaheim Ducks the evening of January 15, 2014 with a final
score of 9-1. It was after loosing that game against the Ducks that I gave up
watching hockey for the 2013-2014 season… I lost all hope for Vancouver.
Vigneault must be happy about being the head coach of the New York Rangers, as
they have made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. Its ironic how Vigneault who was
on the losing team, is now on the winning team! Hopefully Vancouver’s next head
coach will be better than our last. I can only wonder and hope for what next
season holds, as the Canucks future looks promising with Linden as president.
Article:http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Canucks+fire+head+coach+John+Tortorella/9794081/story.html
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