Watch John Tortorella sound simultaneously like his old self and like every other coach in the NHL.
For much of the last two decades, the New York Islanders were a tonic for coaches under fire -- seeing them on the schedule was a relief to slumping clubs -- as well as a turnstile for coaches behind their own bench.
Last night both scripts were inverted. Jack Capuano, who recently became the Islanders' second-longest tenured and second-winningest coach in their history, was behind the bench as the Islanders performed the death knell for Todd Richards' tenure coaching the Columbus Blue Jackets.