Confirmed with Link: John Tortorella relieved of his duties as Flyers coach. Brad Shaw to take interim charge for now.

[dragonoffrost]

I see you've left the door wide open for the Cake Boss himself, John Stevens.

HELL TO THE NO!

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Guy is such a lazy sack of shit. Truly a pathetic way to go out with his comment after that last game.

He is the exact guy we all thought he was.

ill step up n say not me.. i was sooo sure he had learned from his time away..

godam..

 

[Appleyard]

Imagine if they hire Thoresen as a coach...you'd be hearing something else...lol

He would have to retire from playing hockey first...

at times this season a line-mate of two of the top 6 players in the 2025 draft!

 

[Shrike]

Even if it doesn’t. The risk is there.

Comcast just couldn’t handle the negative, and more importantly negative national media attention from his comments - and this late season free fall.

Such a corporate dogshit franchise.

Fire him sure, but get your top pick - and then do so. What was the point of doing this now?

Because he would have continued to bench and scratch young players who then would take the Cutter Gauthier route of leaving the organization. This makes it more likely that the Flyers will keep guys like York and the other ones we would have like Gauthier, Frost Farabee if this douchebag was in charge.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Par for the course.

 

[BillDineen]

Have to say, I didn't expect Briere to trade Laughton nor be able to get away from Torts and that 'triumvirate" BS. Well done.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

Coincidence this is done on Opening Day?

Looks like I'm going to need a new name!

"Fire the next guy" will probably be appropriate, because things will likely not be much different in a couple of years.

 

[GKJ]

Right move, odd timing. Why do it now? We don't need any kind of new coach recovery with the third overall pick on the line.

What happened is that they realized that this is what his mentality has been for a while, and that just cannot be good for the culture

 

[MJL66]

Briere deserves no respect. Torts basically had to force him into firing him. Torts had to be so stupid, so blatant publicly to get his ass canned. It's possible if he kept his mouth shut, Briere would of kept him next season.

Exactly, that's the correct read on this situation. Tortorella bailed on the team and quit and forced them to fire him. Before that, there was no chance he was getting fired. Putting Briere as the face of the decision is just PR

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Hopefully Shaw just has the guys play loose for evaluation purposes while still losing games

 

[Cody Webster]

Coincidence this is done on Opening Day?

Looks like I'm going to need a new name!

ASF has to be very upset. He can't cover this because he's covering opening day. I'm sure he'll tweet and let us know

 

[Rich Nixon]

ASF has to be very upset. He can't cover this because he's covering opening day. I'm sure he'll tweet and let us know

He was on the STG podcast from his car on 95 while driving to DC for the Phils game.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Man, let's just hope this doesn't make the team so excited that they'll have enthusiasm and energy again

WE NEED THAT TOP 3 PICK

 

[Flyer lurker]

 

[GKJ]

ASF has to be very upset. He can't cover this because he's covering opening day. I'm sure he'll tweet and let us know

We’re going to get another blog about his day in the life

 

[04hockey]

hope they're re-examing their Scouting staff too ESPECIALLY who holds the most leverage at the NHL Draft table

their draft history is abysmal

 

[MJL66]

I think it's conjecture to think that Briere made this call on his own. It's not made if Jones and Hilferty were not in agreement. Tortorella basically publically declared that he was not interested in coaching a team in the Flyers current position. He gave them little choice. Again, the overwhelming theme to can be drawn from all that has happened this season, including the trades of Farabee, Frost and Laughton, as well as firing Tortorella. Is not that that the Flyers have vision for foresight. It's that they again had to admit and realize and correct course on another failed plan and strategy. Now the question is will they learn from and move into the modern day NHL? Doubtful. Time for another cycle of incompetence. Bottom line is that the entire tenure of Tortorella, the spiritual advisor of the team, was a complete and abject failure.

 

[FlyerNutter]

Because he would have continued to bench and scratch young players who then would take the Cutter Gauthier route of leaving the organization. This makes it more likely that the Flyers will keep guys like York and the other ones we would have like Gauthier, Frost Farabee if this douchebag was in charge.

They have a handful of games left.

Unless he did indeed quit himself, I’ll maintain it was dumb.

For a rebuilding team the draft position is most important these idiots always choose PR, and optics.

 

[Cody Webster]

He was on the STG podcast from his car on 95 while driving to DC for the Phils game.

I just turned it on, so he hasn't made an appearance yet.

 

[Flyer lurker]

Just a reminder.

Its all Hextall's fault we hired Torts. It has nothing to do with Flusher hiring or Briere retaining until today.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

He would have to retire from playing hockey first...

at times this season a line-mate of two of the top 6 players in the 2025 draft!

The epitome of "snot and balls"....emphasis on "balls".

 

[zizbuka]

Wouldn't be surprised if some of the RFAs refused to negotiate. Already lost Frost and Farabee, to lose Cates, Foerster and York too?

 

[DancingPanther]

I understand celebrating. I really do. But I'll be waiting until I see the replacement and potentially longer.

I need signs of good process or nothing changes.

Its just cathartic. Clarke is still there, so nothing will change. Wouldn't be surprised if Torts ends up an advisor.

But hey, we'll see I guess.

 

[outlet]

I think it's conjecture to think that Briere made this call on his own. It's not made if Jones and Hilferty were not in agreement. Tortorella basically publically declared that he was not interested in coaching a team in the Flyers current position. He gave them little choice. Again, the overwhelming theme to can be drawn from all that has happened this season, including the trades of Farabee, Frost and Laughton, as well as firing Tortorella. Is not that that the Flyers have vision for foresight. It's that they again had to admit and realize and correct course on another failed plan and strategy. Now the question is will they learn from and move into the modern day NHL? Doubtful. Time for another cycle of incompetence. Bottom line is that the entire tenure of Tortorella, the spiritual advisor of the team, was a complete and abject failure.

There is little doubt Briere had to get the ok from “Hilf” and Jones. Otherwise, this would have been earlier IMO; they probably spent the last 24+ hours internally going over what they should do. Wonder if the Senior Advisors were consulted ( I say that half kidding)? I also believe some players went to Briere or Jones or “Hilf” to voice their displeasure currently. Management was pushed into this decision. 100% not something they wanted to do.

Do we even know this was really Danny’s call or idea? Maybe Jones or “Hilf” made the call.

 

[DancingPanther]

Friedman is saying it was Torts stepping down. Ut oh

Here it comes