Posts About "John Tortorella"
Blue Jackets: Top 5 Most Memorable John Tortorella Moments
June 9th, 2020 John Tortorella is the winningest coach in Columbus Blue Jackets history, but fans will tell you, he also is the most memorable. He is blunt and tells you how he sees it. This has led to a fair share of memorable moments in his tenure. Whether it’s on the ice or in the pressroom, there are plenty of things he has said or done that...
2019-20 Blue Jackets Report Card
June 6th, 2020 The 2019-20 NHL regular season has come to a close. With the regular season wrapped up and a play-in round matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs looming, it’s time to evaluate the Columbus Blue Jackets on their performance this season. The defense, offense, goaltending, and coaching all have been given a letter grade based on...
Maple Leafs vs. Blue Jackets Play-in Playoff Series: How They Stack Up
May 31st, 2020 Ever since the NHL hit pause on its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, each team, whether it be deep in a playoff position or in the race for one, has looked to finish a season built on blood, sweat, and tears. With the announcement of a return-to-play postseason format that will include 24 teams instead of the typical 16 teams,...
Columbus Blue Jackets: Put Some Respect on That Name
May 25th, 2020 Let's take a quick trip down memory lane, shall we? The date was May 6, 2019. Despite giving the Boston Bruins all they could handle in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Columbus Blue Jackets eventually lost Game 6 by a 3-0 score to send them into a whirlwind of an offseason. The question everyone wanted to know...
Blue Jackets Q&A With VP of Communications Todd Sharrock
April 9th, 2020 Welcome back to our 2020 Columbus Blue Jackets Q&A series. In this series, we are going to talk with different members of the Blue Jackets' community about hockey, their jobs, how they're handling things today and much more. Today in part three, Todd Sharrock stopped by. He's been the only head of communications the Blue Jackets...
Blue Jackets' Tortorella Deserves the Jack Adams
March 26th, 2020 John Tortorella: confident, short-tempered, witty, in-your-face, passionate, and intense. These are just some of the adjectives used to describe the current head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, in the midst of his fifth season with the team. Throughout the course of his coaching career, the 61-year-old, Boston, Massachusetts native...
Certain Blue Jackets Given Chance Of A Lifetime
March 7th, 2020 When opportunity presents itself, you have to take advantage of it. You don't know how many chances you'll get at something special. The opportunity may never present itself again. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, certain players find themselves in that exact position. Head coach John Tortorella alluded to it Friday when speaking to...
Blue Jackets Need to Get Back to Basics
March 1st, 2020 Sometimes in life, they don't ask how. They ask how many. That's the way of life these days with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The how many in this case is how many points do they have in the standings. And is it enough to qualify for a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs? As of Sunday morning, the answers are 76 and amazingly yes....
Blue Jackets Enter Deadline on Deceptive Losing Streak
February 23rd, 2020 Be careful how you view the Columbus Blue Jackets these days. Depending on which numbers you look at, you might get an entirely different story than what's really going on. Entering Saturday night's game against the Nashville Predators, the Blue Jackets lost seven games in a row. That hasn't happened to the team since the infamous...
Blue Jackets Have Catastrophic Problem at Worst Possible Time
February 21st, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets enjoyed a much better start against the Phialdephia Flyers on Thursday night. They scored 44 seconds into the game. They made it 2-0 not long after that on an insane between the legs goal by captain Nick Foligno. Not a bad way to celebrate your 900th NHL game. However, the 2-0 lead didn't last for long....
Blue Jackets' Liam Foudy Belongs in NHL
February 14th, 2020 Liam Foudy has had a week he will never forget. It started with a phone call while laying in bed. It continues with the London Knights with three games in four nights Friday, Saturday and Monday including a showdown with OHL leading Ottawa. In the middle, Foudy showed us he belongs in the NHL. He did not look out of...
Blue Jackets More Close-Knit Than Ever
February 8th, 2020 It was a very historic night for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night for multiple reasons. Elvis Merzlikins did it again. He pitched his fifth shutout in his last eight games to help the Blue Jackets to their 19th win in their last 26 games. He only had to make 16 saves in the 2-0 win, but he became the first rookie goaltender...
Blue Jackets Continue Salvaging Standings Points
February 2nd, 2020 It was a game that most saw coming off a bye week. The Columbus Blue Jackets entered their game Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres looking to extend their winning streak. If they were going to do that, they had to find their legs early and often in an afternoon matinee against a desperate team coming off consecutive home...
