Rather Have Them Home

Canucks bench boss John Tortorella won’t be watching the Gold Medal game between Canada and Sweden, and it’s not due to his lack of interest for the game; he’s just not going for one team or the other.

According to the Province Paper he’ll be cheering for Team Sweden to win Gold when the puck drops in the final Championship game early Sunday at 4 AM on Canada’s West Coast.

He told the paper “I hope Sweden wins, cause I don’t think Hammer er Dan Hamhuis is going to play and I don’t think Lui Roberto Luongo is going to play.

So, I don’t give a s__t about (Canada) right now because they (Canuck players) are not playing and I just want them back here.”

Tortorella was born in Boston and said “most of all he hopes the result helps his team when his players return.”

“I hope Daniel (Sedin) scores two, (Alex) Edler gets three assists and Sweden wins so they come back feeling good about themselves because it’s going to help us. That’s all I’m concerned about right now. The Vancouver Canucks.”

The Canucks had seven (7) players at the 2014 Sochi Games, including US forward Ryan Kesler who lost the Bronze Medal game to Finland.

Tortorella said “he wasn’t concerned about Kesler’s return to NHL action after his Olympic letdown cause it’s a tough game.”

He continued “Especially after US-Canada, to lose that game and come back the next day and play and I’m not trying to make any excuses. I don’t even want to get involved in it. But if I know Kes, he’s a horse. He’ll be ready to play.”

Tortorella says it’s Sedin and Edler that he’s more concerned about seeing lose.

Tortorella was an Assistant Coach for the US at the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver when the US won Silver after an overtime loss to Canada.