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...
call cheap everybody lose physical wants
You can't take the physical part out. Everybody wants that physical part and that's something we got to find here because we can't lose that. You still have to call the cheap stuff, though.
bite game good great key later power sooner struggled
The key to the game was, I thought our power play was very good early, and Theodore was better. He made some great saves. Later on, I thought our power play struggled and you know it's going to come back and bite you, sooner or later.
bodies guys schedule time zone
These guys have been skating, they've been on the ice. The big thing is to get them back into our time zone and get their bodies back on the schedule here.
dangerous good hockey
This is a good hockey team. We get in, if we get in, we're going to be a dangerous hockey team.
hockey looking opportunity win
All we're looking for is just an opportunity to try to get out of this and find some way to win a hockey game.
caught goal next picture road worry
All we can worry about is the next game. We can't get caught up in the big picture and what's down the road and all that. Our goal has to be that day. If it's a game, then we need to worry about that. If it's a practice, we need to worry about that. One day. That's all we can think about.
again good saw took
I thought we took some inopportune times to take some penalties, but I saw a lot of good things from our club. Now we'll get on the plane, and do it again tomorrow.
both played teams
I thought we played with more energy, I thought we did better things tonight. Both teams had some opportunities. They scored on a couple. We didn't.
looked ready surprised team
I thought we were ready to play. But we looked surprised that there was another team on ice.
defensive guys happen instill knew line minds offensive played red rules
I think the new rules have played with the minds of some players, especially our offensive people. We're going to instill the red line at times in the game. ... Our guys are going to play with it just to get them to come back (to the defensive zone). And we knew it was going to happen with these new rules. It's a process, especially for our offensive people.
positive spot third weak
I think that's their weak spot - the third period. That's the positive we take out of that.
dead deliver far game intensity marty message situations trying
I think that was one of those situations where Marty was trying to deliver a message to the team. He was dead on in this game as far as his intensity and the way he wanted to put the game on his back.
appetite attack bit certainly challenge finally fun game guys playoffs taste three time understanding
I think some of our young guys who have been here for two or three years finally got a taste of the playoffs and a little bit of an understanding of where the fun in the game is. That's the time of year. It certainly whets your appetite and we have a new challenge this year, so we are going to attack it.
bad except game good happened parts puck quite step wait worried
I was worried about that. It has happened quite a bit. We have done a lot of good things in all parts of our game except put the puck in the back of the net. You could feel the same thing. But we made a step in the right direction. We didn't wait for something bad to happen.