John Tortorella Quotes on Opportunity (7 Quotes)

All we're looking for is just an opportunity to try to get out of this and find some way to win a hockey game.

He's got to go down and play. The next time he gets a chance here, and it could be this year, you have to come in with the mind-set that you need to try to make a difference. I don't think he played badly, I just don't think it was a situation where he was trying to make a difference. He was just kind of feeling his way through it a little bit. And the minutes he was getting, it doesn't give him a great opportunity.

(They) have not been spectacular, not great, but solid. That gives the team an opportunity to win. That's what we need.

Eric Perrin kind of (ticked) me off a little bit. We gave him an opportunity and he just jumped ship for more money, I believe. But that's the nature of athletes, I guess.

I don't think they are in our heads, I don't think that at all. I just think they are a pretty good hockey club and they've had their way with us a little bit here, and this gives us an opportunity to change the tide here.

We had some great opportunities. In the first half of that game, I thought we had some good opportunities. I think that's the key of the game. Both teams had some opportunities, they scored on a couple, we didn't.

I understand they have had success against us, but I think the past few games we've played them, a turn here or a turn there and it could be a different result. We're looking forward to it. We're right where we want to be. ... They're the ones that for the past couple months 'No one is going to be able to touch them.' So we want the opportunity first.