by Jay Feaster - November 16, 2009 9:35 AM EST
Agent Allan Walsh may have been trying to be humorous or perhaps trying to start a goalie controversy, but either way it was a poorly thought out move.
Just more than a week after NHLPA-certified player agent Allan Walsh got his tweet off about Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price’s supposed win/loss record over his previous 42 NHL games, I am still searching for motive.
by Jay Feaster - November 2, 2009 10:51 AM EST
Is Vinny Lecavalier playing well enough to earn a spot? What effect will injuries to certain players have? Does Dustin Penner fit into the mix?
Watching the Tampa Bay Lightning during the month of October convinced me superstar right winger Martin St-Louis is desperately trying to play his way onto the 2010 Canadian Olympic Team, while teammate and franchise player Vincent Lecavalier is in serious danger of being left off the squad.
by Jay Feaster - October 19, 2009 9:40 AM EDT
Florida is finding out what former GM Jay Feaster bet on in 2007: that Tomas Vokoun can't get it done when it counts.
Shortly after the 2006-07 season ended in another first-round playoff exit for the Tampa Bay Lightning, I began receiving calls from Predators GM David Poile offering to solve our goaltending problem by trading Tomas Vokoun to us.
by Jay Feaster - October 5, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
The former Tampa GM and Cup champion writes why Toronto GM Brian Burke is among the best managers in the game today.
Give Toronto GM Brian Burke high marks, not just for rebuilding the Toronto Maple Leafs and giving Leafs Nation hope, but for stirring the pot across Canada as well.
by Jay Feaster - September 21, 2009 9:29 AM EDT
Bringing in a player who puts himself above the team puts Sharks coach Todd McLellan in a tough position and team chemistry in peril.
While it is still early, Bryan Murray is my front-runner for executive of the year honors this season. Murray took one very sour lemon and parlayed it into two refreshing glasses of lemonade by moving self-centered Dany Heatley to San Jose for solid NHLers Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Michalek.
by Jay Feaster - September 9, 2009 10:20 AM EDT
The former GM of the Lightning talks about how NTCs are handcuffing potential moves and why they shouldn't be allowed.
Article 11.8 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the NHL and NHLPA permits “individually negotiated limitations on player movement,” better known as no trade/no movement clauses.
by Jay Feaster - June 23, 2009 11:04 AM EDT
The former GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning explains how the moves he made on draft day helped build a Stanley Cup champion.
As the 2009 NHL draft gets under way in Montreal later this week, some GMs will be faced with tough choices as they contemplate how best to improve their teams.
by Jay Feaster - June 8, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
The former GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning details the time he spent with Lord Stanley's mug and the memories that will last a lifetime.
While there are many advantages to being the GM of the Stanley Cup champions, one of my personal highlights from the 2004 season was watching my children interact not only with the Cup itself but also the Cup’s keepers.
by Jay Feaster - May 25, 2009 10:15 AM EDT
The former GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning explains what a Cup-winner must do to ensure every player gets his turn with the famous trophy.
Within the next few weeks one NHL GM is going to add some exciting items to his standard to-do list.
He is going to have to make arrangements with his captain for the whereabouts and safekeeping of Lord Stanley’s Cup following its presentation to the victorious team.
by Jay Feaster - May 11, 2009 11:37 AM EDT
Sitting a high-priced starter isn't an easy thing to do, but the Caps coach took the road less traveled and it paid off.
Prior to the 2009 Eastern Conference quarterfinal series between Washington and New York, I predicted the Rangers would win.
In addition to believing in former Lightning coach John Tortorella, I also believed in the superiority of New York’s goaltending.
by Jay Feaster - April 27, 2009 11:35 AM EDT
The former Tampa GM who won a Cup in 2004 recalls Ruslan Fedotenko's key performance then and compares it to Michael Ryder's with Boston this year.
In winning the Stanley Cup in Tampa in 2004 we were led in the post-season by a number of players. Brad Richards won the Conn Smythe Trophy, Nikolai Khabibulin was all-world in net and Marty St-Louis was ‘Mr.
by Jay Feaster - April 14, 2009 11:43 AM EDT
The former GM in Tampa Bay talks about what he would do if he was facing the superpest in a playoff series.
Prior to the opening of the playoffs each year, the NHL convenes a mandatory conference call for the GMs and coaches of the 16 participating teams.
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Which team has been hit worst by injuries this season?
“I don’t know if I’ll ever feel 100 percent this year.”
- New Jersey's Patrik Elias, who is recovering from hip and groin surgeries and has two points in five games this season.
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