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...
chances eighteen four goals net scoring
Eighteen scoring chances to 10. We can't have four goals in our net on 10 chances.
best edge lines top
Still, our top two lines have to be our best lines. You can sense they're struggling, but they care. They know their roles. We just have to keep our edge and not give in.
goal last lost minute stunk team tough watched
It's an important goal because I thought we stunk in the first period. I think we watched them. I thought we lost a lot of battles. To get that goal in the last minute of any period, it's always tough for the team that's scored on.
afraid bad believe couple experience far gone happens lived playoffs rely talk team ups
It's like we are afraid sometimes when something bad happens to us, and that's not what this team is about. We have to rely on some of the experience that we have gone through. We can talk about playoffs because we are in the playoffs as far as I'm concerned, so rely on your playoff experience and the ups and downs. A couple of years ago we lived in that world for a couple of months. That's why I believe this team will get it done. It may not be pretty, but it will get done.
game
It's a series. We got it done up there one game and we don't get it done down here.
alone certain leave revisit
It wasn't working. We may revisit it at a certain time, but we'll leave it alone right now.
honor
It was cheap. There is no honor in it.
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.
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.
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.
ugly win
It's an ugly two points, but you have to win them.
fortunate last obviously periods played trying win
We're just trying to get points. Obviously we wanted two and wanted to win in regulation, but you know the way we played the last two periods I think we're very fortunate to get two points.
deserves good hockey mistake ottawa playing seen team win
We're playing a pretty good hockey team and Ottawa deserves credit. I've never seen a team that is so opportunistic. You make a mistake and they make it end up in the net. They make you pay. If we're going to win this game, we have to be at our best.
dwelling eat far good ottawa turned
We're good as far as our mindset, but Ottawa turned it up a notch. So we have to eat it and try to get better. There's no sense of dwelling over it.