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The Days And Nights Of Johnny Torts

By Eric Adelson

Friday, November 21, 2008

Pray for Johnny Torts. Pray for this irritable, irascible man who cannot unwind. Pray for him even though he has a Stanley Cup and a growing reputation as one of America's best coaches. Pray for a man made famous by the phrase "Shut yer yap!" A man who once told a college teammate more or less the same thing, that teammate being his little brother. Pray for Johnny Torts because one of his best Lightning players describes him thus: "Very-how would I describe it?-he's got a temper. But a differe ...

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