John Tortorella
John Tortorella
John Robert Tortorellais the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Tortorella has held the position of head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, the New York Rangersand the Tampa Bay Lightning. He led Tampa Bay to the 2004 Stanley Cup championship...
bit change club gives good hockey opportunity tide
I don't think they are in our heads, I don't think that at all. I just think they are a pretty good hockey club and they've had their way with us a little bit here, and this gives us an opportunity to change the tide here.
amount anxiety certain game played practiced struggled team terrible
I don't think the team was distracted, there were a lot of things going on around the club, but I thought the team practiced very well and like I said this morning, I don't think there was a terrible amount of anxiety going on with our team. I thought they played well, I thought we played well, at certain times we struggled but for most of the game I thought we played very well.
bay fantastic johnny tampa
He's not disappointed. He's (ticked) off. I want him (ticked) off. I think it's fantastic for the Tampa Bay Lightning. To me, there's nothing better than an aggravated player, and Johnny is aggravated.
considered practiced
I considered (Friday) to be our first day back as a team. And I thought they practiced well. They went hard.
far happier hard played point tried turned win
I couldn't be happier as far as how hard they played and then they turned it up in the overtime, that's what I liked. They tried to win so we'll take that point and go from there.
I don't like having that many. We'll look at it and see what we should do.
believe happens team trying win
I don't like that, must win. What happens if something doesn't happen the right way for us and what do I come back (to) my team with? We are not going to go to Calgary because we didn't win that must-win game. I am not trying to be sarcastic, but I don't believe in the must win.
finishing game played team
I don't like finishing a game that way. I'm not getting on my team at all. They played hard. They played really well.
chances felt four fourth goals good net scoring
I felt we did some really good things. I thought our counters were good tonight. We end up with 18 scoring chances to 10 (for Montreal). We can't have four goals go in our net on 10 chances. Especially the fourth goal.
believe felt goal goes morning reaction skate surprised team
I felt that in the morning skate they were ready, they were focused. I am surprised with the reaction after a goal goes in on you. But I still believe in the team that we will get this done.
answer
I can't answer that, I don't know how we are going to react.
danny thinking
Danny is battling. Danny is competing. I think Danny is thinking too much.
bit captain overrated respect
That's out of respect for David. A captain is only a letter. That's a bit overrated at times, too.
deal shoot stay verbal wall
That's the deal we made. A verbal deal. If you shoot the puck, you'll stay there. If you don't, we'll put you back down on the wall somewhere.