Jay Feaster
Jay Feaster
Jay Harry Feasteris a National Hockey Leagueexecutive currently serving as the Executive Director of Community Hockey Development for the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is the former general manager of the Calgary Flames, having served from May 16, 2011 to December 12, 2013, after serving as acting general manager since December 28, 2010, following Darryl Sutter's resignation. He was the general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning for six years, during which he was named the NHL's executive of...
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We did an awful lot of homework. We actually started doing the homework going back to when the CBA was announced -- recognizing that depending on what Nik decided to do that we might not have him here.
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Shortly after the new CBA was announced, Sean Burke was the goaltender we identified as we began formulating contingency plans for how we would proceed if Khabibulin left our team,
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Right now we have some guys who are fighting it, not just the goaltender. We have to get back to who and what we are, the hardest-working team in hockey.
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I've said it many times in the past and I continue to maintain that Martin St. Louis is the 'heart and soul' of our hockey team. Dating all the way back to the summer of 2004, there was never a moment when we were not firmly committed as an organization to getting Marty signed long-term.
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This signing is absolutely huge for the Lightning franchise.
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This is a very tough thing for me. What bothers me most is that when we started to achieve success is when we stopped the revolving door. We had stability.
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Actually, everyone showed up at five to seven. Already, everyone is on Tortorella time.
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That's where he played while we were in Traverse City for rookie camp, that's where he has played in camp here with us and he is a forward as far as we are concerned. That's where we feel he's going to play in the NHL.
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We knew we weren't going to go through a whole season again without any injuries. Injuries are a part of the game. While you don't want to have them, they do create opportunities for other people to step in and contribute.
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But you get the feeling if he gets one, he'll get a bunch.
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In the salary cap world, if you get caught up in just rewarding past performance, it can be fatal for your team.
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Certainly we hope there is nothing wrong, but I also hope that there is a physical reason that something is going on that caused that Monday,
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By every account that I got, ... Ranger was the best player on the ice.
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Overall we need to get tougher and bigger.