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...
situations tougher
We've been through a lot tougher situations than this in our past. We will get it done.
fights-and-fighting stay together
We just have to keep fighting. We have to stay together as a team.
enemy good great remember
Remember Good is the Enemy of Great? This year, we need to say that Great is the Enemy of Excellent.
everybody guys
Some guys are trending upward, some guys are trending downward. We just haven't been able to get everybody going at the same time.
against games quite seems
Give Luongo credit. He seems to have those games against us quite a bit.
four goals tired
Four goals in 16 shots. ... I'm really tired of the 25-percent rule.
agree coaches everybody handled happens himself players reports situation
From all the reports I get from the players that have come up here, from the reports from the coaches and everybody said that he has handled himself very well in a situation where there could be a little whining. I wouldn't agree with the whining, but it happens and he hasn't done it.
created finding minutes net offence period played puck putting situation third
From our goaltending right on out, I thought we played well, I thought we played hard, I thought we created a lot of offence but you're still in the situation where you're not putting that puck in the net when you have those chances. The 20 minutes in the third period was very important in just finding a way.
build game team
From where we were before this game to after this game, there are a lot of positives. The team battled hard. We have to build off of that.
far
I don't think it's far away from us. Even right now, it's not far away from us.
heard raise
I don't think I've ever heard Rammer raise his voice.
age captain carries compliment far great himself kid leadership qualities since ultimate word words
I won't have to say a word to him about that. We have felt, since he has been with the organization, this kid is going to be a captain someday. He handles himself at such a young age as a pro, and I feel that's the ultimate compliment to a player. He's got some great leadership qualities as far as how he carries himself - not his words - but just how he carries himself and that's very important.
allow complain hope people strong
I already know in this league, people are complaining about it. And we can't complain about it. We have to allow this to happen. And I just hope we have some strong people to see this through.
bumps expect guy iron respect
He didn't just tippy-toe in here and that's one of the things I respect about Range. We know there will be some bumps in the road. For a young guy you need to expect that. We're just going to try to iron them out as much as possible.