266 Quotes by John Tortorella

That's the deal we made. A verbal deal. If you shoot the puck, you'll stay there. If you don't, we'll put you back down on the wall somewhere.

I think this is a great opportunity for John Grahame, who has been spitting bullets at me since he got here to be a No. 1. But you know what, it's not going to be me making the decisions, it's going to be them making the decision for the team, and that's the most important thing.

That's a calm influence from the goaltender on out, and that does feed out through the team.

We need an occasional save. Johnny is trying like hell but four goals in 16 shots. It's deflating.

That little (extremely obscene word). He's been so much maligned this year. His heart was as big as the building.

That's a tough one, I thought that we played well right on through. I thought that we played a good second half of the third period. We'll rebound and they should feel good about the way that they played, as it was our seventh game in eleven nights against a quality team and we just have to stay positive.

That little (expletive). Let's face it, Marty was dead on tonight as far as his intensity and how he wanted to try to put the team on his back.

Where was Marty on that 2-on-1? He threw the puck in the corner, 10 feet wide (of the net). That's as bad as giving up a (bleep) goal.

It's (stinking garbage). The (stinking) guy should be playing in the (stinking) East Coast Hockey League and he takes out a (stinking) National Hockey League (player). He'll get suspended, but who (stinking) cares? Everybody wants him on the (stinking) ice anyway. It's (stinking garbage).