Posts About "John Tortorella"
Blue Jackets Ready to Move Past Departures
September 23rd, 2019 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets played under a cloud last season created by two stars who didn't want to be there. The team still made the playoffs and had a signature triumph for the franchise with a stunning first-round playoff sweep of th...
Blue Jackets' Training Camp: Lines, Roster Battles & Notes
September 15th, 2019 Training camp is finally underway. From a Columbus Blue Jackets' perspective, that means starting to get the answers to some important questions surrounding the team. Opportunity is available in a way that it hasn't been in recent seasons. As head coach John Tortorella put it on Wednesday at Media Day, this was the last time that he...
Blue Jackets Look to Move Past Drama of Departing Stars
September 13th, 2019 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The off-season drama churned up by the exodus of some of their top stars is now behind the Columbus Blue Jackets. Now they open training camp with some burning questions. Can veteran Joonas Korpisalo, rookie Elvis Merzlikins or someone...
Real Lessons From the Blue Jackets' Crazy Season
May 11th, 2019 Where do we even begin trying to describe what all happened to the 2018-19 Columbus Blue Jackets? It started with drama from the opening of training camp. It ended in heartache in front of their home fans. But in-between, every emotion imaginable was experienced. Although the ending was not what the team had hoped for, there was...
Lack of Consistency Sends Blue Jackets to Brink
May 5th, 2019 The third period on Saturday night between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Boston Bruins will go down as one for the ages. The period started 1-0. It ended 4-3 in regulation for the Bruins. Those 10 minutes in the third were wild. From goals to a long replay review, from momentum swings to David Pastrnak making his mark on the series,...
Tortorella & Blue Jackets Ready for Showdown With Bruins
April 25th, 2019 COLUMBUS, Ohio — John Tortorella was being battered on social media a month or so ago by doubters who thought his act had gotten stale in Columbus. The 60-year-old Tortorella, the argument went, was having trouble getting his message across to a team t...
