John Tortorella is a lot of things, but he is not a hypocrite.
He has made it very well known throughout the various stops on his coaching career that if he does not like your play, or your attitude, that you will not play for him. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Morgan Frost, Joel Farabee, Marc Staal, Tony DeAngelo, Kevin Hayes, Travis Konecny, and Travis Sanheim, among a host of others, have all been either benched or healthy scratched throughout Tortorella’s time as head coach here. He is not someone who will coddle egos, and when he thinks you are not earning your ice time, he will cease giving you any.