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...
game guys main played respect stayed team three time together tough
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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Is he going to be a 50-goal scorer? No. But I think he's going to be able to chip in some goals by his willingness to play in the areas. He'll score some goals because guys can't stop him and handle the ice that he has.
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Guys are trying, but we've got to finish.
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Not good enough. Our key guys didn't produce. Bottom line.
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We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.
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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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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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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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Give the Leafs credit. They waited for us to turn it over. The guys understood how to get it done when you're down.
everybody guys
Some guys are trending upward, some guys are trending downward. We just haven't been able to get everybody going at the same time.
game guys hate
That's a part of the game now. I hate it, but it's part of the game and our guys are going to have to produce.
good guys happy players team year
I'm very happy with the way the organization's working, because who would've thought that so many minor-league players would come to this team this year and played, and some guys have stuck. I think our organization, how it's working, is a good thing.
bodies guys schedule time zone
These guys have been skating, they've been on the ice. The big thing is to get them back into our time zone and get their bodies back on the schedule here.