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...
goal good lost puck second stunk turned watched
That's an important goal because I thought we stunk in the first period. I think we watched them, we lost a lot of battles, we really turned the puck over. ... That's a good goal to get going into the second period.
game guys hate
That's a part of the game now. I hate it, but it's part of the game and our guys are going to have to produce.
changed few games last played turn
The last few games we played them, a turn here or a turn there would have changed the result.
gives opportunity team
(They) have not been spectacular, not great, but solid. That gives the team an opportunity to win. That's what we need.
against best coaching concept defense jay last maybe open staff strict teams whoever
As with 29 other teams, defense is always a concern. I know Jay is looking. We do have a budget, as all of the teams do, and we have to find the right piece. It may come up to the last day of the preseason to see if something is there. Maybe it doesn't. All we can do as a coaching staff and as a team is whoever is here when we open up against Boston, we are going to try to play under a strict team concept and do the best we can.
role sure understand
They care. Let me make sure you understand that. If we're going to get points, they have to be on that (score) sheet. They know what their role should be. They're just not getting it done right now.
quiz i-can
You can tell James Duthie to shove that quiz. I have a few other words I can tell you about the quiz.
hockey games focus
I focus on the dumbness of Hagelin... He played a hell of a game but that's all washed off from dumbness.
hockey play wish
Because he stinks on the power play. He stinks. I don't know why. I wish I could put him on the power play, but every time I put him on, he stinks.
reality games organization
As an organization, would we like to be in a better spot Everybody would like to know they're in the playoffs. But that's not a reality, year after year being in a playoff spot with 10, 12, 15 games left. We don't have that this year, so our playoffs have started.
ask-me ifs asks
Ask me a question. Don't say talk about it, ask me a question. I'm not going to talk about it if it isn't a question.
dream dare-to-dream dare
Dare to do what you dare to dream.
four fourth goals net
You can't have (expletive) four goals in our net on 10 chances. Especially the fourth goal. It can't happen.
against best front games guess guys lying players playing teams weeds
You can't find your big guys playing against probably one of the best teams right now, guess what's going to happen. We can't have guys lying in the weeds - our best players - in games against the best teams in the league. They need to be front and centre, and they're not.