In the 2013 offseason, the New York Rangers relieved then head coach John Tortorella of his duties. To replace him, they brought in Alain Vigneault, similarly let go from the Vancouver Canucks.
This coaching changed signaled a change in philosophy for a team that was one season removed from an Eastern Conference Final berth. Vigneault brought a different, almost diametrically opposing style than Tortorella, to the Rangers.
At least that was what we were led to believe.
Per Larry Brooks of the New York Post, regarding the playoff series between Tortorella’s Rangers and the Washington Capitals in that 2012 run to the Eastern Conference Final.