The Penguins have no other choice after general manager Ray Shero brought in a future Hall of Famer in Iginla and distinguished veterans Morrow, Jokinen and Murray without trading away a single player on the NHL roster.
The hoax ended after German police released a photograph of who they said was a 17-year-old known only as "Ray" who turned up at Berlin City Hall last year after claiming to have been living in the woods for five years.