John Tortorella buries the NHL's All-Star Game.
The Flyers coach isn't having it.
For quite some time now the National Hockey League has been criticized for how it presents it's All-Stars each and every season during the NHL's annual All-Star Game.
The presentation, which to be fair is clearly targeted towards a younger audience, is much less serious and much more fun and games than what your typical hardcore hockey fan is going to be tuning into a normal game to see. It's one thing to have fans and pundits criticize the product though, and it is another matter entirely when that criticism is internal to the league itself.
This week, Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella was asked about the fact that Flyers forward Travis Konecny was not included among the players selected for the All-Star Game. Tortorella would answer the question, but he also used that very same question as a springboard to bury the All-Star Game itself.
"I don't even worry about that s***," said Tortorella of Konecny being snubbed. "The whole game, the whole weekend, I don't even watch it. I think it's turned into... well I'll just leave it at that. I really don't care."
Tortorella is far from the only person who feels this way and I suspect that he's going to get a fair bit of support for his comments from fans who also feel the NHL has taken the All-Star Game in the wrong direction.
