"Jarome Iginla has a game plan when it comes to forcing the media to cease with rampant trade speculation.
"The best way to stop the stories," the captain said Tuesday, "is to win games and climb up in the standings."
In recent years, the future of Iginla has dominated talk around the water cooler in Calgary even more than the regular griping over civic tax hikes and questionable snow removal.
Will the face of the Calgary Flames franchise ever come to the conclusion his chances of winning a Stanley Cup here are negligible, at best? Will he pull a Ray Bourque and request a trade in hopes of realizing the dream harboured by virtually every Canadian kid to pick up a hockey stick?"