The Columbus Blue Jackets are moving further and further away from the 2021 playoffs and their recent trip has not pleased their head coach John Tortorella at all, who seems strapped for solutions.
The Ohio team ended a bad trip abroad with a 3-0 loss to the Florida Panthers on Sunday.
Above, see his words after the loss to the Panthers.
Having lost five of her six games in that streak, she is second to last in the Central Division and is five points behind the fourth place team, the Nashville Predators.
In addition, all of its rivals hold at least two parts in hand.
Still, the Jackets believed they had made a good move by getting Patrik Laine from the Winnipeg Jets on Jan. 23, but his arrival didn’t have the desired effect.
They have only scored 98 goals this season; that’s a far cry from the Panthers’ and the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 130 goals.
Because of this, Columbus has a minimal margin of error and cannot afford a slump in games, as was the case in the third period on Sunday.
Back 1-0, Tortorella’s men gave in twice in about four minutes to see their chances of winning soar.
“We are not a club that will score five goals per night. We must therefore ensure, especially at the last engagement, to do things properly. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to win, lamented the driver at NHL.com.
“In the previous match, we had 20 scoring chances, but this time it wasn’t enough.”
Don’t want to talk
As has happened several times, Tortorella did not want to elaborate on the troubles of his troop in front of the journalists. Asked about the decisions of his players in the neutral zone, especially in possession of the puck, he was at least brief in some replies.
“I will have to watch the video,” he replied.
Then, questioned about the trip of his family and the lack of satisfactory results despite great efforts, he was hardly more talkative.
“Well, we’re 1-5. I don’t need to say more, ”he said, before admitting, in response to another question, that he had been happy at times with the group’s performance.
Tortorella will now have to hope his own cause a big surprise against the Lightning, which he will host on Tuesday and Thursday. The Florida club are 26-10-2.
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