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...
against apologize certainly crucial few finished found games holding liked points
It's one of those games where we were ugly, really ugly, and we found a way to get it done at a crucial time. They all come out in the wash, though. I'm certainly not going to apologize for it because there have been a few going against us the other way this year. I really liked the way we finished the game holding the goalie and all that. But it was ugly, we'll take the two points and get out of here.
craziest found games goals involved seen
It's one of the craziest games I've ever been involved in. I've never seen so many freakish-looking goals in my life. But we found a way.
danny thinking
Danny is battling. Danny is competing. I think Danny is thinking too much.
bit captain overrated respect
That's out of respect for David. A captain is only a letter. That's a bit overrated at times, too.
deal shoot stay verbal wall
That's the deal we made. A verbal deal. If you shoot the puck, you'll stay there. If you don't, we'll put you back down on the wall somewhere.
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.
bottom good guys key
Not good enough. Our key guys didn't produce. Bottom line.
calm feed influence
That's a calm influence from the goaltender on out, and that does feed out through the team.
heart maligned obscene
That little (extremely obscene word). He's been so much maligned this year. His heart was as big as the building.
dead face far intensity marty team tonight
That little (expletive). Let's face it, Marty was dead on tonight as far as his intensity and how he wanted to try to put the team on his back.
coast east everybody guy hockey ice league national playing takes wants
It's (stinking garbage). The (stinking) guy should be playing in the (stinking) East Coast Hockey League and he takes out a (stinking) National Hockey League (player). He'll get suspended, but who (stinking) cares? Everybody wants him on the (stinking) ice anyway. It's (stinking garbage).
hard men playing simply team ton tough
It's simply about playing as hard as you can and being a tough team to play against. Through 20 men right on through to our goaltender, I thought there was a ton of desperation and fight.
finishing matter mentality problems
It's not an X's and O's game, but you need the mentality to keep going. We may have problems finishing our chances, but it still has to be a matter of going about your business.