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...
amnesia game good learn left ready short time
We have a short time left in our season. At times you have to have amnesia and for a good part of this game we will, but there are some things to learn from it and now we'll just get ready for Montreal.
bringing concerned hope main miss piece power
We're going to miss him. He's a main piece to our puzzle, offensively, defensively, on our power play, all the things. Having said that, we'll hope he comes back but if he doesn't we have to be concerned about bringing someone up and we have to keep on playing.
involved ready
We're getting ready for playoffs. I'm not going to get too involved in this game. ... We'll be ready to play. We're right where we want to be.
goes ottawa series third turn won
We've won one game, that is it. I think what we did is just turn this into a series. ... As the series goes on, you have to play better. We know Ottawa is going to play better the third game.
played result supposed team win
We're right where we want to be. You want to play the team that is supposed to win it. The result (Tuesday) was not there, but we have played better.
guys problems three time
We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.
answer deer goal obviously reason
We started out really well. But for some reason after they scored their goal we were like deer in headlights. I don't have an answer for that, but obviously that has to be cured.
business care home job question successful
There is no question we have to do a better job at home. To be successful in this league, you have to take care of business at home and we haven't always done that.
played road solid team tougher trying
What we've been trying to do is be a tougher team to play against. I thought we played a good, solid road game.
again good saw took
I thought we took some inopportune times to take some penalties, but I saw a lot of good things from our club. Now we'll get on the plane, and do it again tomorrow.
both played teams
I thought we played with more energy, I thought we did better things tonight. Both teams had some opportunities. They scored on a couple. We didn't.
looked ready surprised team
I thought we were ready to play. But we looked surprised that there was another team on ice.
defensive guys happen instill knew line minds offensive played red rules
I think the new rules have played with the minds of some players, especially our offensive people. We're going to instill the red line at times in the game. ... Our guys are going to play with it just to get them to come back (to the defensive zone). And we knew it was going to happen with these new rules. It's a process, especially for our offensive people.
We didn't play well ... all the facets. We couldn't get out of our own way.