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...
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We're going through a tough time here with injuries. This situation, things piled up. Three main guys on our team all together. I really respect how our team stayed together and played a game as a team.
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Some guys are trending upward, some guys are trending downward. We just haven't been able to get everybody going at the same time.
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I think some of our young guys who have been here for two or three years finally got a taste of the playoffs and a little bit of an understanding of where the fun in the game is. That's the time of year. It certainly whets your appetite and we have a new challenge this year, so we are going to attack it.
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Our best players have to be better, and they know that. You can guys write it, I'm saying it and I'm not saying it in a negative way. They know the real world. Our best players have to be better for us to do the things we need to do in the last three games here.
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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.
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Give the Leafs credit. They waited for us to turn it over. The guys understood how to get it done when you're down.
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Guys are trying, but we've got to finish.
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He's a guy we're still making assessments on. Has he played poorly? No. Has he done enough things to be a bona fide National Hockey Leaguer? No. So we'll see as we go along with him.
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He's a little nervous at times, rightfully so. He's a guy we have big plans for.
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He didn't just tippy-toe in here and that's one of the things I respect about Range. We know there will be some bumps in the road. For a young guy you need to expect that. We're just going to try to iron them out as much as possible.
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He did well. Obviously with a young guy like that, if you're not going to be able to get him the minutes, you want him to continue playing (in the minors).
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We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.
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We'll do it the best way possible to make sure guys are physically able to go in this last quarter (of the season).
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He's a guy who's been beating himself up all year long. But at the key time, the time and place we are right now where we are fighting to get in, you can do a lot of damage as far as what your season is about. And that's what he's doing.