John Tortorella sent a message to Patrik Laine, his team, and the hockey world by benching his new superstar in Monday's win, but was it the right message to send?
The Blue Jackets' recently-acquired winger was not pleased with the NHL after a missed offsides call did not result in the goal in question being taken off the board.
John Tortorella correctly challenged the Hurricanes' go-ahead goal for offsides, but the referees realized that it was offsides too late for them to take the goal away.
Nick Foligno's 200th goal and Patrik Laine's first multi-goal game as a Blue Jacket weren't enough as a wild afternoon at Nationwide Arena ends with a 6-5 Columbus loss.
