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...
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.
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.
fighting john
I just thought he was fighting it a bit. He didn't look comfortable. John was outstanding.
chance found gave happy people series situations win
I just think we have a high-character team. In situations like this, I think you find out about a lot of people. I'm just happy for them that they found a way to get a win in here to make this a series because I don't think a lot of people gave us a chance to win a game.
ability against anyone far league skating
I'll put him up against anyone in this league as far as skating ability.
arty asset best gets league next plays skaters sticks team tremendous type whacked
I look at the Tucker incident. That was pretty much one-on-one and he whacked him twice, gets fined and plays the next game. Arty hasn't done anything like this. He just plays hard. That's all we want the league to understand. Yes, he sticks out because he skates, one of the best skaters in the league, and he's big and he's willing. We feel that is a tremendous asset for our team and the league for that type of play to be going on.
anybody honest hope plays rip situation trying until
I hope he plays well. If he plays well, he's going to go again. I'm not up here trying to rip anybody apart. Let's be honest about what's going on here, and it's getting old. We're going no where until that situation is straightened out.
agree coach pat respect ultimate
I have the ultimate respect for Pat Quinn. I see a coach go and I just don't agree with it.
came complain couple felt goal good responsibility score second
I really felt we came out hard, had a couple of good shifts; score a goal and we come right back and have a couple more chances. I complain a lot about our goaltending but also we have to have the responsibility to score that second goal to keep the momentum.
certain clear coaches focused heads job pick possibly sure talked tough
I think our job as coaches is to make sure their heads are as clear as they can possibly be because there are so many things being talked about certain players. It's tough for a player. It's their livelihood. Are they going to pick up and move? Our job is just to try to keep them focused on the job at hand.
forget game glad start tough wait
I just couldn't wait to start another game to forget about the (Washington) game. You do have to look by it, but it was a tough one to eat. So I'm glad they rebounded.
game glad gone losses start toughest wait
I just couldn't wait to start another game. That was probably, to me, one of the toughest losses I've gone through. I'm glad they responded.
johnny playing point
I just don't like playing (Burke) back-to-back at this point in the season, so Johnny went in.