I woke up this morning to a ton of strange messages from my GM, coach, and teammates. I had no idea what the hell was going on so I called my GM straight away.

When I called, he sounded concerned and upset. I asked what's going on and why I was getting so many messages. He didn't even explain and just kept saying why are you doing this? Why didn't you come straight to me instead of doing an impromptu media interview. I was so confused and kept telling him I had no idea what he was saying so he told me to just go look at the news.

My teammates messages were all saying how much they wanted me here and hopefully things can be worked out and that just made me more confused. I turned on TSN and saw it.

"Rock Strongo asks out of Minnesota, will not report to team until moved."

I immediately went online and found the interview and it seems someone has been impersonating me. They went around to all the news outlets and released a message to each of them saying I wanted out. I called my agent and he told me that they also got a hold of my credit cards and had bought plane tickets home to show people that I meant it when I said I was going home and not reporting to the team.

Right away I called the GM and told them what happened and then told my coaches and teammates at practice that it wasn't me who did that and that none of it is true. They all seemed relieved and now I have the authorities trying to track down who did this.

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