“He’s not allowed to have a bad night or take a night off. He’s not allowed. We’re just not good enough for him to be average.”
Those were John Tortorella’s words regarding Sean Couturier after Saturday’s 3-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken and our old pal, Dave Hakstol.
They came post-game after Tortorella said he gave Couturier an earful for the Kraken’s second and tying goal, early in the third period.
Couturier badly misplayed a nothing dump-in that took a strange bounce he wasn’t ready for. The puck slipped right past him and onto the stick of Jared McCann.