Former Blue Jackets player takes a shot at John Tortorella after he's hired to coach the Flyers

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Joshua Deeds
June 16, 2022 (8:47 PM)

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Brandon Dubinsky has been on and off of Twitter recently, sharing his displeasure with local Columbus businesses and former coaches. Dubinsky's bench boss in New York and Columbus has found a new home in Philadelphia, with a $ 4 million AAV, for 4 years.

Dubi wasn't holding back on Twitter when he addressed the hiring:

After reports of tensions between Dubinsky and Tortorella in New York and Columbus, by Aaron Portzline it's not surprising he's not a fan of this hire. It's obvious that Torts and Dubi have a strained history and reconciliation seems out of the question.

Under Tortorella, the Blue Jackets finished with a record of 227-166-54 -- making him the winningest coach in franchise history -- and qualified for the playoffs in four of his six seasons. They failed to advance past the first round each time except for 2019, when Columbus swept top-seeded Tampa Bay in an opening-round shocker.

Tortorella a known hot-head, with multiple gaffes in his time in Columbus, is poised to turn another franchise around, and possibly lose a few youngsters in the process.

Here's some of what Dubinsky had to say in Portzline's piece:

«Listen, I did what I was asked because that's my job,» Dubinsky said. «I wasn't happy with it. I also had a responsibility to my teammates. That's how I looked at it. But I stopped looking at it like coming to the rink was something fun to do, and I started seeing it as a chore.

«All the things I loved about playing hockey and being in the NHL, it all went away. Everything just became harder. It's not for anybody else's business � fans, media, anybody � to know there's something going on beneath the surface. That's how I've always done things. I don't air dirty laundry, so that's how it was handled.»