John Tortorella wants back in.

The notoriously outspoken former head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks is interested in an NHL coaching return, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Friedman writes:

After a year away, John Tortorella would like to get back in. So would his former assistant, Mike Sullivan, although it sounds like they are not going to be together. Tortorella preferred to keep his business private, but word is he recognizes he was so shaken by his firing in New York, he should’ve taken time off.

Tortorella, 56, won a Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2003-04 and showed varied levels of success in his time with the Rangers before an awful 2013-14 season with the Canucks which saw him fired after a 36-35-11 season.