John Tortorella Point Quotations

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.

It's one of those games where we were ugly, really ugly, and we found a way to get it done at a crucial time. They all come out in the wash, though. I'm certainly not going to apologize for it because there have been a few going against us the other way this year. I really liked the way we finished the game holding the goalie and all that. But it was ugly, we'll take the two points and get out of here.

My little tirade, that doesn't help, absolutely not. That's a bad coaching reaction. That doesn't help the hockey team right now. I have my feelings, but it does not have to be presented that way at this point with this team.

This time of year, with so few games left, I still think we need to do some coaching we can't just let them run and not teach in certain areas, but in these situations you need to get the points no matter how you do it. Then we'll worry about the other stuff after.

I just don't like playing (Burke) back-to-back at this point in the season, so Johnny went in.

We'll see him five more times, so we have to deal with it. Our big point was to get shots off. What I liked was, nobody on the bench got frustrated.

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.

It's better than (the) Florida (game). We got two points instead of one.

We tried to win it. So we'll take the point and go from there. In all facets of our game, I was pleased.

We just wanted to get two points (for the win). But we wanted to win it in regulation.

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.

I knew there was going to be a ton of adversity and a lot of ups and downs, and that's what's happened. We've gone through some now for 41 games. Now we have to learn to fight through it and just try to find a way to get points. We are not in a situation where, and I'm trying to stress to the guys, don't look at the standings or projections or this, that or the other thing. We're taking it a game at a time and I think that really has to be our concentration. One game at a time and try to find a way to get points each and every game.

I couldn't be happier as far as how hard they played and then they turned it up in the overtime, that's what I liked. They tried to win so we'll take that point and go from there.