John Tortorella Lays Into Reporter After Rumors About Gauthier and Kevin Hayes
John Tortorella isn't one to shy away from confrontation, and that was no different when he had a press conference after rumours of Gauthier being influenced by Kevin Hayes.
John Tortorella Roasts Reporter For Spreading Rumor About Hayes and Gauthier
If you missed it, John Tortorella went on a classic rant that he is famous for the other day. When he was doing a press conference after the Cutter Gauthier trade, he didn't hold back on a reporter who was spreading rumours about Kevin Hayes influencing Gauthier's desire to play in Philly.
Tortorella asked who spread the rumours to a group of reporters, then proceeded to call out the reporter who owned up to it. Take a look.
FULL VIDEO: John Tortorella ripped into Anthony SanFilippo:
«Is that the podcast? Is that the silly podcast you do?
In true Torts fashion, he doesn't hold back in sharing his thoughts on what the reporter was doing.
Flyers Welcoming Drysdale in Trade With Heartwarming Gesture
The Flyers are doing their best to move on from the whole drama of the trade, welcoming in Jamie Drysdale with open arms to the organization. They even made sure his family was able to make it down to his first game as a Flyer to see him play, flying them out.
Jamie Drysdale: "I think it kinda shows what a good organization this is, right when I got out here they asked me if I wanted my parents out for my first game and obviously I said yes, my parents are thrilled to be out here.
With Drysdale getting into the grove in Philly, the organization will look to move on from this whole fiasco.
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