There’s a sign above the door inside the Blue Jackets’ locker room that rookie forward Pierre-Luc Dubois is used to seeing by now.
Written on it is the motto coach John Tortorella preaches on a daily basis to his Blue Jackets, the youngest team by average age in the entire National Hockey League. It says, “Safe Is Death,” and is the creed Tortorella would like imprinted in his players’ minds.
Take some risks, calculated as they may be. Reap the rewards.