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...
days sixth
Right now, after the first (few) days of camp, our sixth defenseman is not here. We still have 21/2 weeks.
intimidate philly
Philly is not going to intimidate us. No chance.
good johnny played problem sean time
Sean has played well at a very important time of year. Johnny will get a start. If we can get the two of them going, it's a good problem to have.
absolutely bad coaching help hockey point presented team
My little tirade, that doesn't help, absolutely not. That's a bad coaching reaction. That doesn't help the hockey team right now. I have my feelings, but it does not have to be presented that way at this point with this team.
bit energy good maybe ourselves third tonight
Maybe tonight was a little bit of a let down. But I thought we showed enough energy to get ourselves back in it and then we had a good third period.
major played
We've played well at times, and other times we haven't. It's having the right answer. If we don't have it, then we're in a major hole.
attention conduct dial sure understand ways
There are always different ways of getting their attention as we get going here. I think they understand how they have to conduct themselves. It's making sure that they really dial in.
uptight
We've got to be loose, and we are loose. We know if we don't win, we're done, so there's no sense in being uptight about it.
We've got to be loose, and we are loose.
capitalize changes eight game matter minutes score seven special
We need to capitalize on some of our chances. That's what changes the game, special teams. The first seven or eight minutes of that period, that's the game. No matter what the score is, that's the game right there.
enter games good played team themselves
This team should feel like we can play in these games. They've played in enough important games and they should feel good about themselves when they enter them.
closer missing plays team
This was closer to what this team plays like. It's been missing a bit. That's more of the personality of our club, but you have to come back and do it again.
deserved early game stick year
This was a game as a measuring stick for us early in the year to see where we're at. We deserved that result.
nice physically
We're tired. We could've used the day off (Tuesday). It will be nice for them to get the day off. They can use it physically and mentally.