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...
short
I don't want to be short ... but it's not a big concern.
bit change club gives good hockey opportunity tide
I don't think they are in our heads, I don't think that at all. I just think they are a pretty good hockey club and they've had their way with us a little bit here, and this gives us an opportunity to change the tide here.
amount anxiety certain game played practiced struggled team terrible
I don't think the team was distracted, there were a lot of things going on around the club, but I thought the team practiced very well and like I said this morning, I don't think there was a terrible amount of anxiety going on with our team. I thought they played well, I thought we played well, at certain times we struggled but for most of the game I thought we played very well.
bay fantastic johnny tampa
He's not disappointed. He's (ticked) off. I want him (ticked) off. I think it's fantastic for the Tampa Bay Lightning. To me, there's nothing better than an aggravated player, and Johnny is aggravated.
considered practiced
I considered (Friday) to be our first day back as a team. And I thought they practiced well. They went hard.
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.
I don't like having that many. We'll look at it and see what we should do.
believe happens team trying win
I don't like that, must win. What happens if something doesn't happen the right way for us and what do I come back (to) my team with? We are not going to go to Calgary because we didn't win that must-win game. I am not trying to be sarcastic, but I don't believe in the must win.
finishing game played team
I don't like finishing a game that way. I'm not getting on my team at all. They played hard. They played really well.
bodies guys schedule time zone
These guys have been skating, they've been on the ice. The big thing is to get them back into our time zone and get their bodies back on the schedule here.
dangerous good hockey
This is a good hockey team. We get in, if we get in, we're going to be a dangerous hockey team.
four fourth goals net
You can't have (expletive) four goals in our net on 10 chances. Especially the fourth goal. It can't happen.
against best front games guess guys lying players playing teams weeds
You can't find your big guys playing against probably one of the best teams right now, guess what's going to happen. We can't have guys lying in the weeds - our best players - in games against the best teams in the league. They need to be front and centre, and they're not.
call cheap everybody lose physical wants
You can't take the physical part out. Everybody wants that physical part and that's something we got to find here because we can't lose that. You still have to call the cheap stuff, though.