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...
honor people players respect role type willing
I respect what players have to do in this league, especially those type of role players who do a lot of things other people aren't willing to do. But there still has to be some honor in it.
best people pleased
We're very pleased with that. That's the way it works. You give people opportunities and they try to make the best of it.
good hope people
I hope we can do it ourselves. We will. I just think we have good people on this club.
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.
almost bad believe confidence eventually good happen lack man people power turn waiting
They know it's costing us. I go back to the people we have, eventually that thing has to turn around. I just believe that because we have good players. Right now, we lack so much confidence when we're up a man it's almost like we're waiting that something bad is going to happen to us when we get on the power play.
brings fans far move offensive people plate talk teammates
As far as fans and those that aren't with him every day, that's all they probably talk about is his offensive stats and how he can move a puck. But people that are with him, teammates and coaches, he brings a lot more to the plate than that.
allow complain hope people strong
I already know in this league, people are complaining about it. And we can't complain about it. We have to allow this to happen. And I just hope we have some strong people to see this through.
absolutely people
He absolutely engulfs people with his body. He is a monster.
business interested livelihood people themselves
I know people have to look out for themselves and their livelihood and there is business in this, but we're interested in people who want to be here. We're in to other youth. We're in to other players.
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.
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.
guys problems three time
We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.
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.