COLUMBUS, Ohio — OK, so John Tortorella was behind the other bench, and Rick Nash was in the building, and the stage for a Rangers coach going apoplectic was set.
But really, this wasn’t about the past. This was about David Quinn, and about the current iteration of the Rangers. This was about the first-year coach unable to contain his rage after his young group gave a half-hearted effort and got hammered, 7-5, by the Blue Jackets on Sunday night.
“You’re going to lose hockey games. But you better want to battle somebody. It’s just ridiculous,” Quinn said.