There was once a time when Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella was the Vancouver Canucks coach.
After the team made the playoffs five-straight years from 2009-2014, Tortorella’s lone year as bench boss in Vancouver was a mess. They finished with a porous 36-35-11 record – good enough to be the NHL’s sixth-worst team.
After the disappointing season, Tortorella – known for always speaking his mind, didn’t hold back on his thoughts about the roster:
I felt from Day 1 that it’s stale. That’s not their fault. This is a group that has been together for a long time.