"One question, in a whole mess of them Friday, did succeed in getting a rise out of Jay Feaster.

The Calgary Flames general manager heard the reporter out, laughed mirthlessly, uttered a few preliminaries on the topic, then shook his head and dove right in.

Yes, time for a definitive answer. Again.

"Which camera do you want me to look at?" spouted an agitated Feaster, encircled by media at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Right here.

"Yours? OK, I'll look straight into yours and I will tell you that it is not true. Jarome Iginla has not been asked to waive his no-trade (clause). Jarome Iginla has not demanded a trade or asked for a trade. There is no list. There is no smoking gun. This is nobody on the grassy knoll. What else do you need?"

Originally, Feaster had poked out his head to offer a status update on defenceman Mark Giordano, who is sidelined indefinitely, but he ended up spending much more time putting out fires — such as the now-neverending speculation that Iginla, captain of the Flames, face of the franchise, wants out of Cowtown.

"When it's a non-story and we have to stand here and rebut it, the rebuttal becomes the story," said Feaster. "I don't know that it's fair to the organization — and I know that it's not fair to Jarome. But it's troubling. I guess one of the questions I have — where do these things start? Legitimate sources? Or is it a blogger in the basement in his underwear that says, 'This is the rumour du jour'? Then you guys feel the need to come and track it down."

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