After an entertaining overtime Columbus Blue Jackets win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, coach John Tortorella fielded several questions regarding the “personality” of players and the team. The CBJ have played 12 games after last night, just about 15 percent of the season. The Blue Jackets boast some wonderful personalities off the ice, but the team’s personality as a whole needs work if they want to make some hay in the playoffs.
Saturday’s third period stuck in Tortorella’s craw. Despite a game filled with back-and-forth action and a spectacular OT winner from Artemi Panarin, the coach couldn’t get past a sluggish final frame that allowed the Sabres to claw back and tie the game.