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...
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.
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.
found great tried
We just tried to get through it, and we found a way. It's unbelievable. It's a great feeling.
arty book far few four goes hard hit possibly raw readiness remember tried weeks work worry
I've tried to work with him this year. I remember I told him a few weeks ago, I said, 'Arty, don't worry about anything, just go and hit as hard as you possibly can.' He proceeded to go out and take four penalties. So, it's kind of a give and take here. But we want him to play hard. And the book on Arty is that he goes up and down as far as his readiness to play. But remember, he is a raw talent. And still a very young man, and you have to live with some of those bumps.
far happier hard played point tried turned win
I couldn't be happier as far as how hard they played and then they turned it up in the overtime, that's what I liked. They tried to win so we'll take that point and go from there.
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.
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.
biggest locker room
Our biggest fear, our biggest challenge, is our team's mind-set. It isn't X's and O's, and it isn't talent. It's what the locker room is going to be like.