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File- This April 12, 2017, file photo shows Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella questioning an official during the first period in Game 1 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series in Pittsburgh. Tortorella sent Columbus Blue Jackets players a terse personal letter letting them know that uncomfortable times were ahead. But if they worked hard, he wrote, it would all be worth it. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Former Tampa Bay Lightning coach John Tortorella, now coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, gestures as he speaks about former Lightning right winger Martin St. Louis during a jersey retirement ceremony for St. Louis before an NHL hockey game between the Lightning and the Blue Jackets on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, Columbus Blue Jackets' John Tortorella gives instructions during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, in Pittsburgh. Tortorella has taken to eliminating morning skates for his team, which has worked well. The Blue Jackets lead the NHL amid breaking with the morning skate routine that Tortorella called “wrong” and said “doesn’t make any sense.” (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella adjusts his glasses during the third period of the Canucks' NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

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Vancouver Canucks head coach John Tortorella gestures on the bench during third period of an NHL hockey action against the Nashville Predators in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

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Winnipeg Jets fans taunt Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Woods)