Couturier explains difficult relationship with Tortorella: ‘It was hard’

Sean Couturier revealed that his time with former Flyers head coach John Tortorella was “just alright.”

From the outside looking in Sean Couturier and John Tortorella didn’t agree sometimes. But in a recent interview with RG Media, Couturier shed some more light on what the relationship between the current captain and the former Flyers head coach was like. In short, it didn’t sound great. Not by a long shot.

“It was just alright. I’m not gonna lie,” Couturier, who was a healthy scratch last season after the Flyers officially named him captain, told the outlet. “I think throughout the last year and a half and what was portrayed in the media—yeah, there wasn’t much of a relationship, I would…