Hours before the Calgary Flames finally got around to extending Brad Treliving as their GM, his right-hand man was in Buffalo, auditioning for the top job there.
Postmedia has learned Flames assistant GM Craig Conroy interviewed for the vacant job as Sabres GM Monday, potentially adding to the long list of things Treliving has to deal with this summer.
And should the Flames lose the ever-popular former captain to his home state it will add another significant name to the massive list of front-office types he needs to sign right away.
“It’s not everybody but it’s a large portion of people,” admitted Treliving of his first order of business, which is securing the services of dozens of people in his hockey operations department who are anxious to firm up future employment.