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...
game huge knew plays
Boyle had a huge game. He knew how big this game was. He wanted to make big plays and he did.
build finished hang hat rough shown team tonight whatever
Even through some of the rough spots, the team has shown resiliency. You got to hang your hat on whatever you can right now to try to build some confidence. Tonight we finished the job.
against both forward playing teams
Both teams really look forward to playing against one another.
chipping everybody last playing point team time win
Everybody is chipping in and we're playing very well at this point in time as a team. That's the most important thing. To win consistently in this league, you need to play as a team and that's the way we've been doing it the last little bit.
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.
facets point tried win
We tried to win it. So we'll take the point and go from there. In all facets of our game, I was pleased.
points win
We just wanted to get two points (for the win). But we wanted to win it in regulation.
found great tried
We just tried to get through it, and we found a way. It's unbelievable. It's a great feeling.
atlanta change fortunate good last offensive people played
We just froze. Atlanta has some good offensive people and we couldn't change the momentum. The way we played the last two periods, we're fortunate to get two points.
looks power stagnant wants
We look so stagnant on our power play. It looks like no one wants the puck.
business influence miss question steady
We're all going to miss Rammer, there's no question about that. But we have to go about our business. He has always been a very steady influence to everything and we'll miss him.
bit energy good maybe ourselves third tonight
Maybe tonight was a little bit of a let down. But I thought we showed enough energy to get ourselves back in it and then we had a good third period.
jersey spent team time
New Jersey must be a very disciplined team considering all the time we spent in their end zone.
days sixth
Right now, after the first (few) days of camp, our sixth defenseman is not here. We still have 21/2 weeks.