Jay Feaster Quotes

We're still looking. We check the waivers every day. We're still looking to talk to teams to see if they have strength at that position, so nothing is guaranteed. These two guys have earned the opportunity. - Jay Feaster

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. - Jay Feaster

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. - Jay Feaster

We never wanted to lose him, so the fact that he is back means we're exactly where we had wanted to be coming out of this year's waiver draft. - Jay Feaster

We like Jim Campbell. We know what he can do and what kind of dimension he brings to us. - Jay Feaster

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. - Jay Feaster

We don't want to find ourselves short at the blue line. (Ranger) gives us another option. - Jay Feaster

We did consider that alternative, but in the totality, that wasn't for us. We made a decision that as far as Curtis Joseph and the other free agents available, the right option was to sign Burke. - Jay Feaster

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. - Jay Feaster

We are very pleased to have Andy under contract as we believe he has an incredibly bright future with our organization... He came into training camp and through his play earned himself a contract now, as opposed to us going through another full year of evaluating his play in junior hockey. At the same time, it was the consensus of the coaching staff that we would not be furthering his development by keeping him in Tampa as the sixth defenseman right now. We want him to go back to Prince George and have a big year for his team, make the Canadian National Jr. Team, and help lead his team into the playoffs. We are confident that Andy is going to have a very long career with the Lightning, and getting him signed today and returning him to his junior team are the next steps on what has been an incredibly positive path thus far. - Jay Feaster

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