According to Larry Brooks of the New
York Post, the New York Rangers have extended the contract of head coach
John Tortorella for three more seasons.
Originally Tortorella was to have his contract expire after this season.
There are positives and negatives to
Tortorella, like any coach, but the job he has did this year certainly earned
him more time at the helm.
The 2010-11
Rangers overachieved as they continued the transition from the old way of
buying big names to growing our own players into NHL pieces with the final goal
to be building a championship contender.
I am not sure that Tortorella will be the guy that ultimately takes them
to the final level, but for now he is showing that he can get the most out of
some inferior pieces. Now the challenge will be to meet the rising expectation levels the team will face next year or he will quickly go from coach helping a team overachieve to a coach that has us continually battling for 8th to either miss the playoffs or leave early.
