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It’s hard to miss any Tampa Bay Lightning news lately since the Bolts seem to make at least one move a day. I think we all figured that Jay Feaster was going to be a lame-duck GM but you’d think they’d at least try to maintain some facade over what’s going on. Since the Koules/Barrie [...]
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Any Jay Feaster Sightings?
KK HockeyMike Chen wondered about the Tampa Bay Lightning GM just yesterday, observing: Since the Koules/Barrie superteam took over, nearly all of the press releases regarding player movement have been announced by one of them or new executive something-or-other Brian Lawton. I’m not sure what Feaster is doing these days but there’s a good chance he’s collecting a nice check while sitting in an air-conditioned office watching reruns of The Surreal Life on Tivo rather than calling GMs and dealing with the ...

End nears for Feaster
james mirtle — ... issue for owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie is likely the buyout, as they'd have to throw a pretty nice chunk of change at Feaster for him to walk away. The alternative, however, stinks to high heaven, as we have various other staffers — and Barrie himself — taking over the GM duties as Feaster slinks into the background. The best-case scenario here is that Feaster finds employment elsewhere — perhaps back with the Flyers organization — and extricates himself from this mess. Blogger Mike Chen says he's likely "collecting a nice check while sitting in an air-conditioned office ...

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