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...
atlanta change fortunate good last offensive people played
We just froze. Atlanta has some good offensive people and we couldn't change the momentum. The way we played the last two periods, we're fortunate to get two points.
depth good happy six
First off, we're happy with the six that are playing; we feel we have six really good defensemen. (But) I think we need more depth there.
felt games good hockey quick time
I've already made that decision, he's not going to play all the games this year. We felt this is a really quick hockey team. It was a good time to get a different look.
brings couple craig good ryan shown
Ryan Craig has shown us that he can kill penalties, and he has scored a couple of goals. He's good around the net. He's able to do the little things around the wall. He can play center. So he brings a lot of different things to us.
against eleven game good half nights played quality rebound second seventh stay team third tough
That's a tough one, I thought that we played well right on through. I thought that we played a good second half of the third period. We'll rebound and they should feel good about the way that they played, as it was our seventh game in eleven nights against a quality team and we just have to stay positive.
good played
We played more of the way we need to play. And it's the way we will need to play if we're going to become a good team.
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.
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.
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.
anybody finishing good mentality problems
To me, that's the really good thing here. It's the mentality of the team: they just keep on going. ... We're having problems finishing our chances, but it's not getting anybody down. We just try to keep on going.
continue good maybe plow
We'll just continue to plow away. And maybe some good things will happen.
bottom good guys key
Not good enough. Our key guys didn't produce. Bottom line.
bring certain create good guy player presence situations step stick teammates tough willing within
It's not a fighter. It's not a tough guy. It's not an idiot. It's a guy who is willing to bring a presence and in certain situations step up and stick up for his teammates and create room. But he also has to be a good player to play within a lineup.
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.