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...
chance earned himself stay
He earned himself a chance to stay around a little longer.
good
He does a lot of good things. He also has a lot of things to learn.
battling certainly coming days dig favors guys jobs ladders looking themselves win
Some of the guys who are coming in here battling for jobs didn't do themselves any favors today. You're not going to win a job (in the first two days of camp), but certainly you can dig yourself a crater and we have some guys who are are looking for ladders right now.
feeling gets
But you get the feeling if he gets one, he'll get a bunch.
coming engine figure hot louis run
But if all we can get out of (St. Louis is one year), we will do it and run it as hot as the engine can take it for '05-06 and then figure we are coming out.
areas energy feeling games grit guys lines obviously past physical providing spark
The feeling we have right now after the past two games is that, obviously we have a lot of areas of concern, but one is we are not getting the kind of physical play and energy out of our energy lines and not providing that spark from grit and physical play. That's the one thing that these guys do.
caused certainly hope physical reason
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,
account best player ranger
By every account that I got, ... Ranger was the best player on the ice.
agent certainly coming entitled looking maximum
If he and his agent are coming in looking for the maximum amount, which they are certainly entitled to do, it's just not going to happen.
needs bigger
Overall we need to get tougher and bigger.
league velocity hey
Maybe in the minor leagues. With my velocity, they would pick it up and say, 'Hey, you dropped something.'
player kind admission
He's the kind of player that is worth the price of admission.
years ideas numbers
You know what? I look forward to the Battle of Alberta for the next X number of years. If the idea is, 'Burn it to the ground,' then Ken can find another manager to do it.
cap caught fatal past rewarding salary
In the salary cap world, if you get caught up in just rewarding past performance, it can be fatal for your team.