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...
start
We did what we had to ... start re-establishing us at home.
loss
We know it's one loss and we're done ... season's over.
best guys last physically possible quarter sure
We'll do it the best way possible to make sure guys are physically able to go in this last quarter (of the season).
We are right where we want to be. Right where we want to be.
nervous
We were a little nervous in the first period.
bench deal five liked nobody point shots
We'll see him five more times, so we have to deal with it. Our big point was to get shots off. What I liked was, nobody on the bench got frustrated.
both good great half key teams
We had some great opportunities. In the first half of that game, I thought we had some good opportunities. I think that's the key of the game. Both teams had some opportunities, they scored on a couple, we didn't.
bringing concerned hope main miss piece power
We're going to miss him. He's a main piece to our puzzle, offensively, defensively, on our power play, all the things. Having said that, we'll hope he comes back but if he doesn't we have to be concerned about bringing someone up and we have to keep on playing.
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.
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.
business care home job question successful
There is no question we have to do a better job at home. To be successful in this league, you have to take care of business at home and we haven't always done that.
played result supposed team win
We're right where we want to be. You want to play the team that is supposed to win it. The result (Tuesday) was not there, but we have played better.
guys problems three time
We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.
goes ottawa series third turn won
We've won one game, that is it. I think what we did is just turn this into a series. ... As the series goes on, you have to play better. We know Ottawa is going to play better the third game.