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“It’s different, now, for Glennie,” he reasoned. “In the past, Jarome (Iginla) usually got off to a slow start and everyone would be on him, crowding around him, asking ‘What’s wrong?’ and nobody really went after Glennie if things weren’t going well. Jarome gave a lot of guys a free pass early in seasons because of the way he’d start. And he’d stand in there, do the media, all that. I remember Cammy (Michael Cammalleri) his first year. He ended up scoring 39 that season but was going through a tough stretch at the beginning and I remember him saying to me: ‘Geez, I’m surprised they’re not on me more.’ And I said: ‘Well, they’re on Jarome. So count your blessings.’


“Now, Jarome’s gone. Glennie’s one of the top guys. The veterans. The leaders. Wearing an ‘A’. And the scrutiny’s on him.”

Conroy says the trade rumors were not helping:

Earlier on this season, Glencross couldn’t help but hear the whispers that the Philadelphia Flyers were tracking his every move. The speculation was everywhere. Despite a no-trade clause in his contact, the sobering belief that Flames might actually want to unload him, even if it was fuelled nothing more than speculation, couldn’t help but weigh on his mind.


“You can say ‘It doesn’t bother me’ all you want,” agreed Conroy sympathetically. “That’s the politically correct answer. But if you hear it every day . . . I talked to Glennie, Jay (Feaster) talked to Glennie. But if you’re still hearing it every day . . .


“Hopefully it didn’t affect him. But it’s probably, even with the no-trade, in the back of your mind. Has to be. If you’re on Glennie, on Glennie, on Glennie, he doesn’t always respond. That’s counter-productive. He needs a little love, a little positive reinforcement. That’s when he gets the most out of himself.

and Hartley believes it was a mental thing.




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With the Flames flogging — technically, unveiling — their new third jersey at the first Flames Fest down at the Saddledome, both the highly-influential Giordano and the highly-dependable Stempniak made their way onto the ice for the obligatory photo op with their right feet/ankles encased in protective walking boots. This, no matter how screechingly silent the organization wants to be on the injury issue, cannot be good. (You’d think maybe a week after the fact the guy shelling out for one of those spiffy new jerseys might appreciate at least an indication of why and possibly how long the captain of his favourite team might be missing from the battle field?).


And despite the rather unmissable footwear being modelled by both players, the team would did not provide an update on the situation.