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...
amnesia game good learn left ready short time
We have a short time left in our season. At times you have to have amnesia and for a good part of this game we will, but there are some things to learn from it and now we'll just get ready for Montreal.
guys problems three time
We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We're playing a pretty good hockey team and Ottawa deserves credit. I've never seen a team that is so opportunistic. You make a mistake and they make it end up in the net. They make you pay. If we're going to win this game, we have to be at our best.
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We have a pretty good idea of who is going to be staying with us.
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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.
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We're good as far as our mindset, but Ottawa turned it up a notch. So we have to eat it and try to get better. There's no sense of dwelling over it.
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They made the big plays tonight and they won the game. We have to play better.
intimidate philly
Philly is not going to intimidate us. No chance.
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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.
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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.