Jay Feaster Quotations

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.

We always talk about Dave Andreychuk, ... but the unsung leader in this room is Tim Taylor.

It was a very, very difficult time. Sitting and playing two or three minutes a game was not what he felt he signed up for.

Overall we need to get tougher and bigger.

Maybe in the minor leagues. With my velocity, they would pick it up and say, 'Hey, you dropped something.'

He's the kind of player that is worth the price of admission.

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.

We've had some personnel changes there, and as much as anything, we're hoping we can get a spark. We need to start winning some games if we're going to make the playoffs there.

I think he's a player who has multiple gears, and he's a deceptive guy. He clearly can score goals, he can finish, he can set up plays, ... All of us who were in Traverse City are anxious to see him here.

What is fragile so often is confidence, and that's the thing. Prior to the Olympic break we really thought we had that swagger back, that we were going to find a way. We will beat you 6-5. There was, I thought, a real confidence about us. Then we take the break and we come back and it's 14-4 against in two games on home ice against teams that are chasing us. So that's the concern: that it is a fragile situation, and the only way to get through it is to be mentally tough about it. We have to stick together as a team.