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...
ended finding generating goal obviously period problems second
We were having problems generating chances, having problems with their speed. Obviously the second goal at the end of the period was key. That's what I like about what happened, we ended up finding a way.
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.
believer game increase increased intensity limit statement
I don't know why it should increase intensity. Our intensity should be increased to the limit right now, with where we're at. I'm not a big believer in statement games, measuring sticks, four-point games. I think every game is important.
care chance definitely finding giving nights past starts
I don't care how it looked, it's about finding a way and it starts with your goaltending giving you a chance and the past two nights we have definitely got that.
captain care cream grinder ice projected push star team
I don't care if you're projected as the star of the team or the captain of the team. I don't care if you're the grinder of the team. I don't care if you're the ice cream man. If you don't push and play with intensity, you are not going to get your ice time.
dangerous work
If we get in (to the playoffs), we'll be a dangerous team. But we have a lot of work to do on the little things.
four goals occasional played
I'd just like to get a save. It's tough. I didn't think Grahame played well. You give up four goals on 17 shots. We need the occasional save.
damn
I don't give a damn about the Leafs. We're not going to look over our shoulder.