from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch,

Tortorella met briefly with the Blue Jackets in the dressing room on Wednesday after a brief practice run by associate coach Craig Hartsburg.

Having accepted the job late Tuesday after the Jackets lost 4-0 to the New York Islanders, Tortorella flew to Columbus from New York on Wednesday morning and watched practice from high above the rink with members of the Blue Jackets’ front office.

“The message was, ‘We’re going to do this together; we’re going to try and figure this out,’” Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno said. “It’s not going to happen right away on Thursday, but it’s going to be a process. It has to be all of us on the same page.

“He knows what this team is capable of, because he’s seen us play. We have to get back to that.”

The Blue Jackets have been the early surprise of the NHL season, for all the wrong reasons.

At 0-7-0, they’re the only club among the league’s 30 without a point, and they’ve allowed by far the most goals: 34.

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