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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Thus far, there has not been a real sentiment to move players for draft picks. People want bodies back.
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We are absolutely thrilled to have Dan Boyle back in the fold and we are deeply appreciative of the fact that from the very beginning of negotiations, Dan bought into the concept of being willing to take less to try to keep our team together and take another run at winning the Stanley Cup.
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We are confident that, given his age and his maturation and development, he will only continue to improve and become even more productive and more of a complete, all-around player for this franchise.
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We prepare them as best we can as far as what to do over the summer. It's obvious who has made a commitment over the summer and who hasn't. And you can't hide over these two days.
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We want to improve our hockey club if we can. We have lines in the water, but there is nothing happening right now, nothing is imminent. A few of the teams that I have spoke with have mentioned that they have four or five games left before Thursday and there is still a sentiment among many teams on whether they are buyers or sellers. So from that standpoint it's a little more complicated because that hasn't really crystallized yet.
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As we evaluated where we were and what we want to accomplish in coming back as the defending Stanley Cup champions we felt this was the best way to go.
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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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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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I think you'll see that hunger and that desperation in the playoffs. But the trick is, you have to make the playoffs. You have to take care of business and survive the grind of the regular season.
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Jay Rosehill is a prototypical Tampa Bay player. He is physical, aggressive, he likes to hit and isn't afraid to drop his gloves when necessary.
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John Grahame is licking his chops to compete for that spot.
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I think we can keep him, ... Is it going to be easy? No. But I know Brad wants to be here long term. I know Pavel Kubina wants to be here long term. I know John Grahame wants to be here long term.
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He is such a great team guy. He told us that he intends to come in and win the No. 1 job. But he also told us that, if he doesn't win that job, we will find no bigger supporter of John Grahame. From everybody that we spoke to, Sean is an unbelievable teammate and a great leader in the locker room. He is a great addition to our team.