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...
bad bring knew offense
We knew we had to bring some more offense (in the third) and we take a bad penalty.
beat goal haunt knew second sooner team trying
You are not going to beat that team 1-0 and trying to get that second goal is important. We couldn't do it. You kind of knew that it was going to come back and haunt you sooner or later.
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.
adversity fight game gone knew learn points situation stress taking time ton trying ups
I knew there was going to be a ton of adversity and a lot of ups and downs, and that's what's happened. We've gone through some now for 41 games. Now we have to learn to fight through it and just try to find a way to get points. We are not in a situation where, and I'm trying to stress to the guys, don't look at the standings or projections or this, that or the other thing. We're taking it a game at a time and I think that really has to be our concentration. One game at a time and try to find a way to get points each and every game.
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.
played plenty scoring
I thought we played well enough to win. We had plenty of scoring chances, and we just didn't finish.
eight five played scoring
I thought we played very well, but do the math. Eight scoring chances, five goals. It's frustrating.
answer couple key obviously score sure
I thought the key was making sure when we got down 1-0 to come back and answer right away, and obviously score a couple more after that.
banging last level maturity shown stayed tried turned
I think it's the maturity level of our club. I think we've shown that the last little while. We've stayed with it. We haven't turned into individuals, we've just tried to keep banging away.
handle mature next
It happens. We're mature enough to handle to that. Just look to the next game.
disrespect playing room team worrying
I think the room has really responded. No disrespect to Andy, but this team is worrying about playing better and they're playing very well.
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.
honor people players respect role type willing
I respect what players have to do in this league, especially those type of role players who do a lot of things other people aren't willing to do. But there still has to be some honor in it.
moved power
Our power play (stinks). We moved the puck, but we didn't produce.