Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy takes part in a press conference after team captain Mikael Backlund signed a two-year contract extension on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Gavin Young/Postmedia

Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy was in Lethbridge on Wednesday, busy scouting the next crop of could-be stars when word leaked that his own future had been clarified. Article content

According to Sportsnet’s ace insider Elliotte Friedman, the Flames and Conroy are “making progress on a contract extension.” If it’s not already, it will soon be a done deal. Article content Article content

There’s really only one question — what took so long?

Were the Flames hesitant to make this announcement during their dreadful start, worried it would seem like an ill-timed vote of

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