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...
moved power
Our power play (stinks). We moved the puck, but we didn't produce.
bumps expect guy iron respect
He didn't just tippy-toe in here and that's one of the things I respect about Range. We know there will be some bumps in the road. For a young guy you need to expect that. We're just going to try to iron them out as much as possible.
positive spot third weak
I think that's their weak spot - the third period. That's the positive we take out of that.
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.
playing starts
It all starts with our desperation level. We're playing with desperation.
amongst boiling gets ourselves points stay team time together tonight tough within
I think there were things within our team tonight amongst ourselves where it was boiling points and frustration with one another. I think it's very important right now, when it gets to that level, that we've just got to stay together. There are some tough times in a long season. This is the time we need to stay together and just get through it.
looked ready surprised team
I thought we were ready to play. But we looked surprised that there was another team on ice.
uptight
We've got to be loose, and we are loose. We know if we don't win, we're done, so there's no sense in being uptight about it.
major played
We've played well at times, and other times we haven't. It's having the right answer. If we don't have it, then we're in a major hole.
fights-and-fighting stay together
We just have to keep fighting. We have to stay together as a team.
answer deer goal obviously reason
We started out really well. But for some reason after they scored their goal we were like deer in headlights. I don't have an answer for that, but obviously that has to be cured.
involved ready
We're getting ready for playoffs. I'm not going to get too involved in this game. ... We'll be ready to play. We're right where we want to be.
craziest games goals involved seen
This was one of the craziest games I've ever been involved with. There were more fluky goals than I've ever seen in my life.
fortunate last obviously periods played trying win
We're just trying to get points. Obviously we wanted two and wanted to win in regulation, but you know the way we played the last two periods I think we're very fortunate to get two points.