Bryan Hayes

with zero responsibility for the future, literally coaching day by day, which means you're going to get, I think, the full John Tortorella experience.

In other words, you're not playing the way I want you to play.

I won't even be here in two weeks.

I didn't get a five-year deal.

I'll sit you on the bench.

I'm going to call you out in the media.

If they're down in a playoff series, what's stopping him from...

Not going scorched earth.

He's not going to do that.

He's got, I'm sure, a lot of respect for all these guys.

But this is basically a platform.

It's like you have two or three months if you want to stay on this job.

And if he knows that he's not going to keep the job, and maybe there's a wink, wink, nudge, nudge in the background, you're going to get...

John Tortorella on hyperspeed.

Or it has the potential to have that.

Because how often do you see... We always talk about lame duck coaches.

This guy's got a two-month... He's getting paid bi-weekly.

He's a part-time guy in Vegas, effectively.

Well, and I think what's clear is the teams in the Pacific, they realize there's a real opportunity to be in a conference final here.

No one's really scaring you right now.