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Most interesting tidbit to me:

“Peter and I were having dinner and I called Brian Burke and said, ‘Listen, it hasn’t gone quite the way that I imagined it would,’ ” Conroy said. “And he was unbelievable. He said, ‘No problem, Craig.’ And I’m like, ‘Really?!?’

“The advice that Brian did give me was, ‘Hey, tell him we love him, but pull the contract at some point. And when you pull the contract, they’ll have to make a decision either way.’ So we did do that. I was waiting until the bitter end, but I finally called Lewis and I said, ‘Hey I think we’re going to pull the contract. We understand he wants to go back. We’re good. We are going to be sitting in the same spot next year and we’ll love him just as much as we love him now. So I think we’re going to take the contract … ’

”And Lewis said, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa. Give me just a few minutes.’ He said, ‘Johnny hasn’t talked to his parents about it yet. They’re driving back home, and they’re going to talk about it.’ It was probably about an hour after that and I got a call back.”

With good news.

Calgary Sun