Tortorella’s three year tenure in Columbus has been relatively brief, but successful. Torts guided the Columbus Blue Jackets to the playoffs the last two seasons and drastically turned around a dismal start in 2015.
Even though the Jackets were ousted to the prevailing Stanley Cup champs in both first-round series, the Jackets continue to get closer to making a run. In a recent interview, Tortorella paralleled the team’s trajectory to that of the Caps who suffered similar growing pains on their way to the Stanley Cup in 2018.
Similar to most Blue Jackets fans, Torts is not satisfied with playoff berths.