Controversial Sean Avery completely DESTROYS Tortorella in his book!

Sean Avery’s new book "Ice Capades: A Memoir Of Fast Living And Tough Hockey" follows his journey in the NHL, from the Detroit Red Wings to the Los Angeles Kings to the New York Rangers to the messy stint with the Dallas Stars and his return and retirement from the Rangers. 

According to Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski's book report, Avery savaged Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella, who coached the controversial player with the Rangers from 2008-12.

“Tortorella has a reputation as a hard-ass, but not if you know him as a player. We used to laugh at him all the time. There was always someone in the dressing room who wanted to take their skate and decapitate him or take their stick and whack him over the head with it. Marion Gaborik despised him with every bone in his body. Even Hank Lundqvist, an even-keeled Swede who was usually in his own world, thought Tortorella was a terrible manager of pro athletes. And he can’t skate and stickhandle a puck at the same time, and he doesn’t realize we don’t take him seriously because of that.”

Avery was not done there. In the book, he tells the story of investing in a small bar names Tiny's with netminder Henrik Lundqvist and how Tortorella wanted his goalie to pull out of the venture. 

“I’ve never walked out of a meeting with my head coach, but if I didn’t leave the room I was going to end up in Rikers for choking this little shithead within an inch of his miserable life. If he really believed that Henrik was playing poorly because of Tiny’s, then he knew nothing about his star player. Lundqvist was not working at Tiny’s, he was investing in it. Players have slumps. Anyone who knows how to coach professional athletes would know how to deal with that.”

“I told [Rangers GM] Glen Sather about it, but he had nothing to say, really. He kept a poker face and wasn’t going to play his hand, but all he had to do was watch a game – he didn’t have to live through playing for a coach who responded to something he didn’t like on the ice by kicking water bottles or throwing shit on the bench or tugging on a player’s jersey and screaming at him and ripping him a new asshole.”

Avery also attacks Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan, who was on Torts' coaching staff back then. 

“None of us can stand listening to the mental midget and his big goofy sidekick, Mike Sullivan. Tortorella is a power-hungry control freak but he’s not smart enough to hire a good cop, even one he could play like a violin. If Mike Sullivan had played the good cop, he could still have turned around after meeting with a disgruntled player and told his puppet-master JT the details while giving the players some form of relief. Instead, they’re only able to bitch and vent to each other. This creates an unhealthy locker room.”

We are sure Avery's book sells are going to rise! Especially that it also includes the ‘Sloppy Seconds’ incident, his NHL suspension, the Avery Rule and his on-ice role as a pest.