Here are some of Tortorella’s thoughts on what to expect this year.

On Practice: “My biggest thought is recovery. … I looked at the team yesterday and they were ragged. … I think it’s just gauging your team and seeing where everyone is.

On Fitness: “There are some guys you can see who are in really good shape. Other guys are trying to find their way and other guys you can see there’s a lot of work to do. … I expect the first games to be sloppy. … My biggest responsibility coaching the team is to understand what we can give them.”

On Leaders: “I discuss with [Callahan] what I can do with the team. He helps me decide what kind of drills to do. … I trust this group. … I think our club here has done a really good job the past three or four days. … We have so many players back the last two or three years.”

On Ideal Camp: “I would like in the way we do it, two weeks is good for me. Our camp is set up where we don’t touch many pucks the first week. It’s strictly conditioning. … We have the middle of the camp where we push the team concept. And then you have the last five or six days.”

On Injuries: “I worry about that. You can tell. The trainers come to me. Their hip flexors. Their groins. It’s a big worry to me. I don’t think they’ve had enough time. … Try to keep them on the plane where they don’t lose their adrenaline.”

On Managing Minutes: “I want to win all 48. … I want to win every game. You don’t want to get in a jam. … I’m going to try to make the right decisions to win that particular game.”

On Lundqvist: “When he starts getting sloppy and that’s when he doesn’t practice much, his game tends to slip. … If we get the opportunity to play in the playoffs, we need a fresh goalie. … I think he realizes that he needs to practice the right way.”

On Schedule: “I look at my schedule right now. I have 23 days off. To me, you can fall into the trap ‘We need to practice. We need to do that.’ The most important thing to me is recovery.”

On Sloppy Play: “I think in the end zone. You’re going to see more penalties. And quite honestly, I’m just worried about the frequency to sustain the grinding.”

On Expectations: “I think a big step for our team this year is to handle the expectations. We make the Nash deal and everyone expects us to take the next step. … It’s a tough league. … We need to stay within ourselves. … Handle each game. Handle each day. Then everything will fall into place.”

On Last Year: “I think they believe. Before you can win, you need to believe you are going to win. … You have to really, it’s tough to win… it’s tough to win in this league. … I think the mental approach is the biggest thing that’s improved the last two years. … Tremendous leadership group that takes care of the room.”

“If we’re going to go where we want to be, I think all players need to improve. … We’re not sneaking up on anyone. … We lose a guy like Anisimov, Dubinsky, Prust, Fedotenko. It’s tough to replace. … We play as a team. I think that’s important so everyone contributes in more aspects.”

On Nash: “He hasn’t had the opportunity to play in the playoffs. … In the short time I’ve known him, he doesn’t say a lot. … He’s low maintenance. … I expect big things out of him. He’s a really good player in the league who goes about his business. No baggage here.”

On Being Favorites: “I don’t care what people are picking. We’re going to go about it one day at a time. And we’ll see where we’ll land. … I’m not worried about them.”

On His Approach: “I have a schedule for camp here and I’ve already made adjustments. … I have a foundation for how I want to go about it. I have to be open minded here in watching how our guys are. I like structure. … I need to listen to the athletes going forward.”

“I think it’ll be unpredictable. … I think the teams that stay with it and are mentally tough and get through it to where they want to be. But with this schedule here, I think some crazy things could happen.”