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...
goes thinking won
In a seven-month season, everyone goes back to when we won the Cup. We're not even thinking about that.
anybody honest nowhere rip situation trying until
I'm not up here trying to rip anybody apart. But let's be (expletive) honest about what is going on here. It is getting old. We are going nowhere, nowhere until that situation is straightened out.
anyone honest rip until
I'm not up here to rip anyone apart, but let's be honest about what's going on here. And it's getting old. We're going nowhere, nowhere, until (the goaltending) is straightened out.
bottom good guys key
Not good enough. Our key guys didn't produce. Bottom line.
edge fight hockey ourselves work
It's very important we keep our edge about ourselves as we fight through this. There's a lot of hockey to be played. We can't look at the standings. We need to work each and every day and just try to find a way to get points.
situation sure tough
Sure I am (concerned). We're in a tough situation here. I'm not going to sit here and (lie) to you.
call four occasional shots spade trying
It's deflating to see 16 shots and four of them in the net, let's call a spade a spade. He's trying like hell, (but) we need (an) occasional save.
florida instead points
It's better than (the) Florida (game). We got two points instead of one.
goal good lost puck second stunk turned watched
That's an important goal because I thought we stunk in the first period. I think we watched them, we lost a lot of battles, we really turned the puck over. ... That's a good goal to get going into the second period.
game guys hate
That's a part of the game now. I hate it, but it's part of the game and our guys are going to have to produce.
changed few games last played turn
The last few games we played them, a turn here or a turn there would have changed the result.
role sure understand
They care. Let me make sure you understand that. If we're going to get points, they have to be on that (score) sheet. They know what their role should be. They're just not getting it done right now.
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.
points win
We just wanted to get two points (for the win). But we wanted to win it in regulation.