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...
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.
allow days few night olympic opening playing six start teams
To me it makes no sense that this league, with six games, to come off something like that and allow some teams a few more days than other teams to start it again, it just baffles me. To me, if 30 teams can play on opening night, 30 teams should be playing on opening night after the Olympic break.
against best front games guess guys lying players playing teams weeds
You can't find your big guys playing against probably one of the best teams right now, guess what's going to happen. We can't have guys lying in the weeds - our best players - in games against the best teams in the league. They need to be front and centre, and they're not.
against both forward playing teams
Both teams really look forward to playing against one another.
continue guy obviously playing
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).
playing starts
It all starts with our desperation level. We're playing with desperation.
bad game ourselves parts period played playing second spot
I thought parts of the game we played very well, but other parts we were brain-dead. Even in the second period when it was 3-1 I thought we weren't playing badly, but we put ourselves in a bad spot with too many penalties.
disrespect playing room team worrying
I think the room has really responded. No disrespect to Andy, but this team is worrying about playing better and they're playing very well.
best locked major mean particular playing position run start team time toward year
I still think if you have a position locked up, it doesn't mean you start playing around with things. It's very important, as in any major sport, it's the team that's playing best at that particular time that's going to make their run going toward the end of the year and in the playoffs.
bullets decided johnny playing ready screwed since thinks
Johnny has been spitting bullets at me since he's been here because he thinks he should be playing more. We had decided he was ready to take over the No. 1 spot. Then he screwed up.
chipping everybody last playing point team time win
Everybody is chipping in and we're playing very well at this point in time as a team. That's the most important thing. To win consistently in this league, you need to play as a team and that's the way we've been doing it the last little bit.
along boards ice middle playing power puck
A big part of the power play is getting to the middle of the ice with the puck and not just playing on the wall, playing along the boards where (opponents) can be aggressive.