John Tortorella hasn't closed the door on coaching at age 68, some two months after his latest, brief stint ended two wins short of a Stanley Cup and not being rehired by the Vegas Golden Knights."Oh, I want to coach," Tortorella told The Athletic. "I want to coach now.
I'm not sure if that happens, and that's where I am in my career. But I wanted to coach that Vegas team.
I told (general manager Kelly McCrimmon) that."Tortorella's tenure in Vegas began with him replacing the fired Bruce Cassidy with eight games left in the regular season. And it ended in mid-June with the Golden Knights losing the Stanley Cup Final in six games to the Carolina Hurricanes.Though Tortorella pushed for his return, he said he respected McCrimmon's decision to promote minor-league coach Ryan Craig."They've been developing (Craig) for a number of years there," he said. "He's a good coach and a good man."Tortorella has 24 seasons of N…
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