John Tortorella’s ‘proud’ of his Flyers regardless of what happens in Tuesday’s do-or-die season finale
are going into the last day of their 82-game season still in contention for a playoff spot. Beat the Washington Capitals in regulation on Tuesday —But because his team has a chance, despite a recent eight-game skid, and now two straight wins, the grizzled bench boss appreciates where they are.“Even when things were going really good this year, we have not come off of that we’re rebuilding here,” said Tortorella. “The deadline showed everybody that we’re rebuilding.
“The point I was trying to make the past couple of weeks, I think they should feel good about what they’ve accomplished this year. But this is in front of us. A couple of weeks ago playoffs were right there for us. Still is. I wanted them to take the next step. Look at it, look where we’re at. And I wanted them to realize that and I think they did.”are experiencing critical games down the stretch for the first time in their young careers.
But before all that, there is the task at hand. And Tuesday’s game will certainly have an intensity to it, but don’t call it a playoff-like game. “It’s high stakes, yeah, absolutely. But don’t call it a playoff game because it’s not a playoff game,” said Tortorella. “You earn your way into playoffs. When you call yourself a playoff team or you’re playing a playoff game, it better be a playoff game. I don’t agree with — this is a playoff-type game because we’re not in the playoffs,” Tortorella said. “I love that we’re playing a high-stakes game here, a very important game and it’s the last one of the year.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: PhillyInquirer - 🏆 81. / 68 Read more »
Source: etnow - 🏆 696. / 51 Read more »
Source: 9NEWS - 🏆 238. / 63 Read more »
Source: KENS5 - 🏆 608. / 51 Read more »
Source: fox43 - 🏆 564. / 51 Read more »