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...
amongst boiling gets ourselves points stay team time together tonight tough within
I think there were things within our team tonight amongst ourselves where it was boiling points and frustration with one another. I think it's very important right now, when it gets to that level, that we've just got to stay together. There are some tough times in a long season. This is the time we need to stay together and just get through it.
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.
confidence hopefully regain stay time together ways
This is the time we need to stay together and just get through it and find ways to get one win, and then hopefully we can regain some of our confidence and get going in the right direction.
fights-and-fighting stay together
We just have to keep fighting. We have to stay together as a team.
fight fingers point simply stick stuff team together
If you don't stick together as a team here through some of the this stuff and point fingers and simply show no fight at all? It can't happen.
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.
answer deer goal obviously reason
We started out really well. But for some reason after they scored their goal we were like deer in headlights. I don't have an answer for that, but obviously that has to be cured.
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.
business care home job question successful
There is no question we have to do a better job at home. To be successful in this league, you have to take care of business at home and we haven't always done that.
fortunate last obviously periods played trying win
We're just trying to get points. Obviously we wanted two and wanted to win in regulation, but you know the way we played the last two periods I think we're very fortunate to get two points.
dwelling eat far good ottawa turned
We're good as far as our mindset, but Ottawa turned it up a notch. So we have to eat it and try to get better. There's no sense of dwelling over it.