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...
If it wasn't Burki, we would've been embarrassed. He was outstanding. We should be embarrassed.
If it wasn't for Burke we'd be embarrassed. Burke was outstanding. We should be embarrassed.
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).
start
We did what we had to ... start re-establishing us at home.
fortunate last obviously periods played trying win
We're just trying to get points. Obviously we wanted two and wanted to win in regulation, but you know the way we played the last two periods I think we're very fortunate to get two points.
dwelling eat far good ottawa turned
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.
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.
good staying
We have a pretty good idea of who is going to be staying with us.
deserves good hockey mistake ottawa playing seen team win
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.
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.
again considered difficult great last season steps team
Our team had a great season last year. But to be considered a great organization, you have to do it again and again. That's the difficult thing. To be considered a great organization, we still have some steps to go.
best games guys last negative players saying three
Our best players have to be better, and they know that. You can guys write it, I'm saying it and I'm not saying it in a negative way. They know the real world. Our best players have to be better for us to do the things we need to do in the last three games here.